reparations
Example Sentences
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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
He listened impassively to the reparations order, dressed in an ochre robe and a traditional white scarf.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
The court said it had awarded "collective community-based reparations ... focused on rehabilitation" and "symbolic and satisfaction measures" to 65,202 victims.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
The statues have in the past caused diplomatic tensions, as South Korea has long called for reparations from Japan for these women.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 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
