Excused

James Harrison has been excused from the Pittsburgh Steelers practice today as he continues to mull retirement in the wake of the NFL's crackdown on dangerous and illegal hits. ❋ Cindy Boren (2010)

Is this another case of special people being excused from the standards they demand of everyone else? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Our rules were ... never say 'shut up' to anyone, never sit on the edge of the bed (it would make the mattress saggy) and always ask if you could be excused from the table. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The narrator of a cautionary tale is momentarily excused from the ordinary demands of etiquette that discourages the use of gruesome or disgusting imagery because the tale serves to reinforce some other social taboo. ❋ The Nag (2008)

Colorado F Cody McCormick was excused from the team for personal reasons. ... ❋ Unknown (2008)

Notes: Utah G Jason Hart was excused from the team to attend a funeral. ... ❋ Unknown (2007)

Because of the load of his own research, he asked to be excused from the above duty. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Wondering when his players will be excused from the news conference since all the questions are coming to him anyway. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Utah played without guard Derek Fisher, who was excused from the game because of a health problem with one of his children. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Wizards C Etan Thomas was excused from the game to attend to a family matters. ❋ Unknown (2006)

President Putin excused himself from attending l'Escroc's birthday celebrations. ❋ Helen (2006)

If the FAIR and Yale plaintiffs had first amendment rights to be excused from the Solomon Amendment, racist and sexist institutions might claim that they were entitled to be excused from Title VI and Title IX obligations. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I would like to be excused from the taint of sexism, however. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Another player who testified in front of the BALCO grand jury, Jason Giambi, has been excused from the hearings. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Schrader was excused from the project, with a contractual clause forbidding him from saying anything injurious about the production. ❋ Unknown (2004)

"We are disappointed that Jennifer did not agree to comply with our closed, team-only practice policy, and as a result, (she) was excused from the team." ❋ Unknown (2002)

An Eastern Conference team complained about Sturm being excused from a Feb. 10 game against the Hurricanes. ❋ Unknown (2001)

I think His Majesty's Government must be excused from the charge of having done anything which is unjustifiable towards the Colony in this particular matter. ❋ Unknown (1906)

Dr. Trousseau, the physician in charge of the case, soon entered, and after a brief examination said that he thought the patient needed rest, and motioned to those who were present that they would be excused from the chamber. ❋ Unknown (1898)