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The phrase "apologizes for not" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when expressing regret for failing to do something or for not meeting an expectation.
Example: "She apologizes for not being able to attend the meeting due to a scheduling conflict."
Alternatives: "regrets not" or "is sorry for not".
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(One apologizes for not recognizing him).
Sebald's reply, in which he thanks her and apologizes for not having replied sooner, is cordial yet cautious.
Another is the identity of the narrator, who apologizes for not delivering a competent description of either the game of piquet or a duel.
Her mother apologizes for not having paid enough attention, but tells her, "When you do well, you are doing well for yourself".
Brad DeLong apologizes for not taking the liquidity trap seriously: On my shelf is a slim, turn-of-the-millennium volume by Paul Krugman titled "The Return of Depression Economics".
On "Redneck Side" he apologizes for not being fit dating material for a city girl: "I like git-tars in my music and muscle in my cars," he sings.
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He apologized for not returning phone calls.
I don't apologize for not knowing".
"I apologize for not writing sooner.
I apologize for not thinking of this earlier.
Now I apologize for not getting back sooner.
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