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reconciliation

[rek-uhn-sil-ee-ay-shuhn] / ˌrɛk ənˌsɪl iˈeɪ ʃən /


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According to a royal insider, Prince William has "no intention" of engaging with Prince Harry, the paper reports, after the younger brother called for a reconciliation.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

"Understanding the size of Indigenous populations in Australia before European invasion in 1788 is essential to truth-telling and reconciliation," says Professor Bradshaw.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

In separate interviews, Mundy, Lindelof and King discussed the “Lanterns” finale, Stewart and Jordan’s bittersweet reconciliation and the show’s fiercely protective mothers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

In December 2025, a Finnish a truth and reconciliation commission called on Finland to rectify injustices committed against the indigenous Sami people.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

“We’ve been seeking reconciliation for the last seventy-five years.”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

As Ralston notes, “Of such words are not reconciliations made.”

From Slate ● May 4, 2026

The county conducted an audit of Harm Reduction-SD in April 2023 that revealed “significant financial control weaknesses including insufficient bank reconciliations and a deficient general ledger,” prosecutors allege.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

His voice - bruised, buttery and intimate - has been an inescapable undercurrent of Bollywood, narrating heartbreaks, longings and reconciliations for millions for more than a decade.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

Each cycle of filings requires extensive reconciliations and disclosures that absorb resources better devoted to productive investment.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025

But Aureliano Segundo was in no mood for merciful reconciliations at that time.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez


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