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English word

apologize

B1Frequent NGSL-3
UK /əˈpɒlədʒaɪz/US /əˈpɑːlədʒaɪz/
verb

to say that you are sorry for doing something wrong or causing a problem

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Sentence 68 · Pro
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos delivers graduation speech at Princeton University
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Or maybe he would ask that I get back in the car and apologize to my grandmother.

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos delivers graduation speech at Princeton University

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times when the right thing is actually to back down and apologize, times

Taylor Swift's NYU Commencement Speech (2022)Sentence 151 · Pro

I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly.

Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement AddressSentence 69 · Pro

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