Definitions
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- v. Simple past tense and past participle of excuse.
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- adj. granted exemption
Etymologies
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Examples
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James Harrison has been excused from the Pittsburgh Steelers practice today as he continues to mull retirement in the wake of the NFL's crackdown on dangerous and illegal hits.
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Is this another case of special people being excused from the standards they demand of everyone else?
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Colorado F Cody McCormick was excused from the team for personal reasons. ...
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Our rules were ... never say 'shut up' to anyone, never sit on the edge of the bed (it would make the mattress saggy) and always ask if you could be excused from the table.
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The narrator of a cautionary tale is momentarily excused from the ordinary demands of etiquette that discourages the use of gruesome or disgusting imagery because the tale serves to reinforce some other social taboo.
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Because of the load of his own research, he asked to be excused from the above duty.
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Notes: Utah G Jason Hart was excused from the team to attend a funeral. ...
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Wondering when his players will be excused from the news conference since all the questions are coming to him anyway.
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Utah played without guard Derek Fisher, who was excused from the game because of a health problem with one of his children.
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Wizards C Etan Thomas was excused from the game to attend to a family matters.
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