escape censure

Frequency: 5.75.0 per million words

To manage to not be criticized, often when it was expected.

censureVERB + CENSURE

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escape

Examples (10)

  • The CEO managed to escape censure for the company's losses.
  • If he apologizes quickly, he might escape censure from the public.
  • How did the senator escape censure after such a controversial speech?
  • Escaping censure was his primary goal after the scandal broke.
  • He narrowly escaped censure by blaming a junior employee.
  • While his colleagues were punished, he somehow escaped censure.
  • Despite the evidence against him, the minister escaped censure due to a legal loophole.
  • It's rare for a public figure to completely escape censure in the age of social media.
  • A clever politician often knows how to escape censure by redirecting the media's attention.
  • The general escaped censure for the failed military campaign, much to the surprise of historians.