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The phrase "excuse for being" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to refer to the reason or justification for someone's actions or behavior. Example sentence: "I know I missed the meeting, but I have a good excuse for being late. My car broke down on the way here."
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Feminism isn't an excuse for being fat.
MPs have no excuse for being shocked.
"There's no excuse for being part of the problem".
Uni was a bullshit excuse for being there.
Cave dwellers now have one less excuse for being antisocial.
Call anything a beach book, and suddenly you've got an excuse for being seen with it.
Rule No. 1: Not speaking English is no excuse for being stupid.
"I think when your head goes, there's no excuse for being alive," he continued.
There is no socially accepted excuse for being without your cell phone.
Certainly it is a city in which one has little excuse for being bored.
It's a great big world, with no excuse for being bored.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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