recompensed

Example Sentences

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Kennedy wasn’t extorted off the bench or recompensed for his vacancy.

From Slate • Jul. 2, 2018

"And it came cheap. Unlike hotels where the proprietors had to be recompensed for their time, the Pavilion was a civic building without any clear purpose."

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2014

One need not be a political ideologue, he says, to believe that people have quantifiable value and deserve to be recompensed for it.

From New York Times • May 5, 2013

There is no suggestion that she has been spiritually recompensed.

From The Guardian • Dec. 13, 2010

When the negotiations were concluded, the gods and Skadi had agreed that she would be recompensed for her father’s death in three ways.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman