reparations

Example Sentences

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The authority previously called on the firm to apologise, pay reparations for "irreversible damage" and cover the council's costs.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Submitted by Ghana's President John Mahama and backed by the African Union, it aims to provide a pathway to healing and the payment of reparations.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

The US had refused to release "even 25 percent" of Iran's assets frozen abroad or pay any reparations for war damage, Fars added.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

She was chair of the Legislative Black Caucus and authored a bill that created a reparations task force, restricted when police can use deadly force and made ethnic studies mandatory for California State University students.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

“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