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recompense

[rek-uhm-pens] / ˈrɛk əmˌpɛns /




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Because China values its access to America’s capital markets, now is the time to seek recompense for American bondholders.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

Burnham was reported to have told a hustings event during the campaign he would "stick by the Waspi women because they deserve some recompense for the unfairness".

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

And without legal recompense, the only check to this power appears to be other armed men.

From Slate Jan. 29, 2026

Here Mr. Stoppard managed to impart a few slivers of his deep knowledge of literary history while exploring the universal theme of a love that cannot find expression or recompense.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 30, 2025

Perhaps he sees something meaningful, how this might be a test and a recompense.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

These works are among the great recompenses that experience offers us.

From The New Yorker Sep. 19, 2014

“The Case for Reparations” is deeply focused on economic injuries and recompenses.

From Washington Post

The Romans had patricians, knights, citizens, and slaves:—for each class different dresses and different manners—honorary recompenses for every species of merit—mural crowns—civic crowns—ovations—triumphs—titles.

From The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart

But the recompenses of friendship were still left to her, and it was surely doing no wrong to accept them.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

As to recompenses and rewards they were regulated in this voyage much higher than was expressed in the first part of this book.

From The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century by Clarence Henry Haring

Kennedy wasn’t extorted off the bench or recompensed for his vacancy.

From Slate Jul. 2, 2018

One need not be a political ideologue, he says, to believe that people have quantifiable value and deserve to be recompensed for it.

From New York Times May 5, 2013

It is right that the players should be financially well recompensed for what they do.

From The Guardian Jan. 16, 2013

The ECJ says long-delayed passengers should be recompensed as generously as those whose flights were cancelled.

From BBC Apr. 16, 2010

When the negotiations were concluded, the gods and Skadi had agreed that she would be recompensed for her father’s death in three ways.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

Still, Treyzon said that does not deter his suit from examining the platform’s value in recompensing class-action members.

From Washington Post Apr. 12, 2019

The IRS seized Nelson’s belongings in 1991 to start recompensing the approximate $32m he owed in taxes at the time.

From The Guardian Jul. 15, 2015

We should, at least, take Bohemia, even Silesia, recompensing Prussia elsewhere.

From Count Br?hl by Jo?zef Ignacy Kraszewski

She purchased some handkerchiefs for her aunt, with the covert view of recompensing her for the loss of Ida's present, and Aunt Maria was delighted with them.

From By the Light of the Soul A Novel by Harold M. Brett

But such privileges should not be continued longer than is necessary for the purpose of reasonably recompensing the adventurers.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various




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