have excused
- present perfect of excuse.
Example Sentences
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The Saints also have excused Tyrann Mathieu from the opening of training camp while the newly acquired safety and former LSU star attends to a personal matter.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2022
Albert Einstein is famously said to have excused himself from a meeting to go watch the show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2021
The defense team probably would have excused the author, who Cheronis said “was not forthcoming about the subject of the book.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2020
The two other members have excused themselves from it, saying privately that our complaining friend was just too much.
From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2016
He might have excused himself if he had not remembered that Adam was a rich man.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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