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Meanings of genuine excuse in English

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Usage of genuine excuse in English
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Besides, the most genuine excuse could not be given without mortally offending Apse & Sons.
A Set of Six
2
She did not relish the thought of being an outlaw with a genuine excuse for her arrest.
Guns of the Gods: A Story of Yasmini's Youth
3
Once in the course of the afternoon the servant had had a genuine excuse for entering the room.
A Siren
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I have always pretended to be sick to escape visitors; now, for the first time, I have got a genuine excuse.
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume III, Part 2: 1907-1910
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She always had a genuine excuse to give boyfriends, so as not to have to spend the night in hotel rooms or strange beds.
Veronika Decides to Die
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Genuine excuses are ash clouds, terrorism, airport closures and airspace closures.
BBC
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But she was unable to discover any genuine excuses.
The Grip of Desire: The Story of a Parish-Priest
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He did have genuine excuses when he pulled up lame and Tommy Berry wasn't surprised.
News.com.au
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Genuine excuses for her last start when again made to do a mountain of work from a wide gate.
News.com.au
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The son of So You Think had genuine excuses when well-beaten two-back so don't read too much into that performance.
News.com.au
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She had genuine excuses when seventh in the Caulfield Cup last start, getting a mile back in a very slowly-run affair.
News.com.au
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And SDLP Policing Board member Mr Alex Attwood insisted that Sinn Féin no longer could have any genuine excuses for refusing to support the PSNI.
The Irish Times
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