reparations
Example Sentences
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Ghana has been spearheading a global campaign for institutions and nations across the world that benefitted from the slave trade to pay reparations.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
San Francisco, Detroit and other cities have considered reparations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
The war ended in 1945, but questions surrounding reparations, expellees, prisoners of war and borders would complicate relations between Moscow and the two Germanies for years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
African and Caribbean countries have called for a formal apology and reparations from countries that benefited from the transatlantic slave trade.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Certainly there would be people in the world who believe these three have reparations to make.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
