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Meanings of valid excuse in English

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Usage of valid excuse in English
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He would have given anything to have thought of some valid excuse.
A Lost Leader
2
Filial affection might surely be taken as a valid excuse for withdrawal.
For Fortune and Glory: A Story of the Soudan War
3
They have no valid excuse for being in possession of weapons of war.
Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) / Lette...
4
And it is a valid excuse, from one point of view.
Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador / An Address Presented by Lt.-Col...
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The one valid excuse for the theft would be mental starvation.
A Christmas Garland
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This seems to be a valid excuse until Yelland points out the flawed logic.
The South African
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Wiseman hesitated, instinctively searching his mind for a valid excuse to deny Sally's request.
The god project
8
Or perhaps Peter thought he had offered a valid excuse.
In Those Days: The Story of an Old Man
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Then, one would say, Frank had a valid excuse to retire, if not before.
The Drummer Boy
10
Garrosh had a perfectly valid excuse for action, and he obviously intended to take it.
World of warcraft: the shattering: prelude to cataclysm
11
Wendy Torrance had a valid excuse: she'd predeceased him.
Doctor Sleep
12
Clearly they had a valid excuse not to launch Sully, but would the investors accept it?
Gravity
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But then, having an affair was a valid excuse to go missing in action in Westminster.
The Guardian
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That last, in truth, was her valid excuse for not having told him the whole story.
Miss Mackenzie
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But we are playing catch-up. It felt like a valid excuse that United are lagging behind.
Reuters
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For this there could be no valid excuse.
Political Recollections / 1840 to 1872
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