Quick takeaways

• Apologizing for being late to a meeting requires using simple phrases like 'I'm sorry I'm late' or 'My apologies for being late' and adding adverbs like 'really, really', 'so', or 'very' to emphasize sincerity.

• When explaining reasons for lateness, common categories of excuses can include work-related reasons like being on another call or in another meeting, previous meetings running over, travel and traffic-related reasons like terrible traffic, technical issues like connection problems or computer restarts, miscellaneous reasons like not having it in the diary or forgetting, and time change surprises.

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