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restitute

[res-ti-toot, -tyoot] / ˈrɛs tɪˌtut, -ˌtjut /




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He would like to see "more freedom for museums, but then a kind of backstop, a committee where we would have to appeal if we wanted to restitute items".

From BBC Jan. 24, 2024

The decision to restitute them follows several years of contacts between Berlin’s museum authority and Colombia, and an official Colombian request last year for their return.

From Washington Times Jun. 16, 2023

Macron said the 26 pieces will be given back at the end of October, “because to restitute these works to Africa is to give African young people access to their culture.”

From Seattle Times Oct. 8, 2021

No one knows that better than this group, which includes Alejandro Poiré, a former director of the Mexican government’s program to restitute those losses.

From New York Times Oct. 30, 2016

The fact is she adores her son, and her heart is breaking at the idea that he may be obliged to restitute what he has stolen from me.

From The Widow Lerouge by Gaboriau, Émile

In 2024, the Manhyia Palace Museum received 67 restituted or loaned cultural objects from institutions including the British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Fowler Museum in Los Angeles.

From Barron's Nov. 10, 2025

The other half, delivered to the Fascist authority by the mayor of Venice, was restituted by the Italian state after the war.

From New York Times May 4, 2022

“The Germans have been very open about their collections, created databases to make their collections’ information and archives accessible, conducted provenance research in public museums, and restituted many works of art,” Romano said.

From Seattle Times Jan. 18, 2022

Kirchner’s record is another restituted work, “Berlin Street Scene” from 1913-14, that sold at Christie’s for $38.1 million, over its $24 million high estimate, in 2006.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 6, 2018

I put it in the hands of my Lieutenant, and I restituted the surface of the dominion, as it had been in the time of Gunzinan, the preceding King.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Literature by Anonymous

The agency said it had "detected fraudulent diversion of public money by various Reliance Anil Ambani group companies" and that it was "committed to restituting" the proceeds of these crimes to "their rightful claimants".

From Barron's Nov. 4, 2025

The majority of descendants live in the United States and Israel, but the museum has already or is in the process of also restituting silver pieces to France, Great Britain, Australia and Mexico.

From Seattle Times Jun. 13, 2023

“Restituting the Iraqi artifacts for me means restituting our self-esteem and confidence in Iraqi society,” he said, speaking through a translator.

From Washington Times Sep. 23, 2021

Some cases have made their way through the courts, but Poland has never passed a comprehensive law that would regulate restituting or compensating seized properties.

From Seattle Times Aug. 14, 2021

In an earlier claim, the United Kingdom’s Spoliation Advisory Panel ruled against restituting eight drawings to the heirs in 2009.

From New York Times Jul. 6, 2021




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