Collocations withexcuse
These are words often used in combination withexcuse.
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convenient excuse
This may sometimes serve as a convenient excuse for international inaction.
From theCambridge English Corpus
feeble excuse
With this feeble excuse, he assumes that he is explaining the faulty passages in bluebooks and papers, passages which are vague, even incoherent.
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flimsy excuse
That is not so terrible in itself and it is a flimsy excuse for hurting many thousands with less than that.
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lame excuse
However, that is no doubt a lame excuse.
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legitimate excuse
It has a perfectly legitimate excuse for not declaring dividends, namely, that it is absorbing every penny of its profits into its business.
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perfect excuse
Fortunately a sickly constitution provided a perfect excuse to remain in the library rather than enter the courtroom.
From theCambridge English Corpus
reasonable excuse
Home supervision appeared to be least successful in respect of children referred for non-attendance at school without reasonable excuse.
From theCambridge English Corpus
valid excuse
Lack of editorial support (the book was typeset by the author) may be an explanation, but it is not a valid excuse.
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