make reparations
Example Sentences
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Affected veterans say the monument signifies "closure" after decades of campaigning first to change the law, and then to push the government to make reparations.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025
In the run-up to the summit, there have been growing calls from Commonwealth leaders for the UK to apologise and make reparations.
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is still working to figure out how the county should make reparations to Black Angelenos discriminated against over the decades by government actions.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024
A Chicago suburb in Evanston, Illinois, became the first city to make reparations available to Black residents through a $10 million housing project in 2021.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2023
“My first act,” I wrote, “will be to confess that I love you. I’ll beg pardon a thousand times for causing you unhappiness and make reparations by making you laugh a thousand times.”
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
