How to Use reparation in a Sentence

reparation

noun

• She says she's sorry and wants to make reparations.
• They've offered no apologies and seem to have no thoughts of reparation.
• The country paid millions in reparations.
• For the first time, the world has a system in place for climate reparations.
  — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2023
• And the issue of slavery reparations has emerged as a litmus test for the field.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 20 July 2019
• Germany was saddled with a stiff bill for the war, forced to pay reparations.
  — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 4 Sep. 2017
• This has led to the more left-wing members of the party to call for reparations to black people.
  — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
• God will be pleased with our public prayers of reparation.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2019
• On the other hand, is a donation enough in terms of reparations?
  — Alexandra Olson, The Seattle Times, 11 Sep. 2018
• Oh, right -- ripping off the white man is reparations, not theft.
  — Ross Scarano, Billboard, 6 May 2019
• These new laws are, in effect, reparations for the dispossession of the past.
  — Andrew Harris, Slate Magazine, 28 Aug. 2017
• And the division is showing up in attitudes about the need for reparations.
  — Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
• When the program was first imagined, cannabis advocates praised it as a kind of reparation for the war on drugs.
  — Emily Alpert Reyes Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2021
• But there would be some reparation, some justice, by him being found guilty.
  — Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2019
• Democrats want to use the national credit card for health care, student debt and reparations.
  — al.com, 9 July 2019
• What good are reparations when the weapon of whiteness is wielded against us on a regular basis?
  — Thembi Ford, Essence, 28 June 2019
• Some critics argue that more is needed and that the country must commit to reparations.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2023
• The U.S. paid reparations in an attempt to cover the damages.
  — Daniel A. Gross, USA TODAY, 2 May 2017
• The subject of reparations for slavery hangs in this novel’s humid air.
  — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 17 May 2016
• No amount of reparation, or prison time, or settlement money will bring back their loved ones or be the balm for their pain.
  — Michelle Collins, STAT, 14 May 2022
• The funny thing is that, in a way, Paper Boi gets his reparations.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2018
• Critics say the reparation and justice process is one-sided.
  — Shola Lawal, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2021
• To me the reparation there would be allowing for the First Nation and first people be heard for once.
  — Jill Tucker, SFChronicle.com, 2 July 2019
• Have those bills changed your thinking about how reparation payments should be given out?
  — Kevin T. Dugan, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2021
• Ukraine would then hopefully get peace and reparations.
  — Aleksei Miniailo, Foreign Affairs, 28 Dec. 2023
• Dutton also suggested that the Voice would lead to some form of reparations.
  — Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
• Had this been the first time the patient had missed an appointment, it could have been used as a moment of some reparation by not charging the patient.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2022
• Jean Guerrero: Should men pay on dates as reparations for the gender wage gap?
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
• Unsurprisingly, more has been spent by the school on legal fees than on reparations to the victims.
  — Bob Ford, Philly.com, 7 July 2017
• Calls for reparation from former colonial powers are not new, but have resurged in recent years.
  — Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 29 Apr 2024