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reconciliation

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


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Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi received the award for reconciliation and interfaith cooperation from Dame Sarah Mullally last week, on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

"We know that this week will be one where we will feel both grief and sadness when looking back on that past, and also where hope is possible as we work towards reconciliation and healing."

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

There’s a tender, surprising moment of reconciliation in the novel’s final pages — the place where story stops.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

Campaigners say truth and reconciliation commissions like in South Africa after apartheid or reparations can also bring some justice.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

In the 1960s, it seemed as though reconciliation was primarily about blacks and whites.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

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

From Slate May 4, 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

The Tarhuna victims do not see the reconciliations as a substitute for a functioning justice system.

From New York Times Jul. 31, 2022

She was sure that he would call her the next day for one of his spectacular reconciliations.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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