How to Use clawback in a Sentence

clawback

1 of 2 noun

• The union would oppose clawbacks in any system.
  — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
• Fines and clawbacks of city funding were among the options floated.
  — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
• The company must create and maintain the jobs or face a clawback of the funds.
  — Tim Higgins, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2022
• Look at your current clawback policy is to begin to see what changes will need to be made.
  — Betsy Atkins, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
• The same is true of the clawback of $30 billion in unspent Covid funds.
  — The Editors, National Review, 30 May 2023
• What are the clawback provisions?
  — Christos Korgan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
• The clawback will eat into the tax collection agency’s efforts to crack down on rich tax cheats.
  — Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 29 May 2023
• Look, there should be clawbacks for Gary Becker and the others who explode these banks.
  — CBS News, 19 Mar. 2023
• Well, there should be momentum for three things, one, the clawbacks on these executives.
  — CBS News, 30 Apr. 2023
• Look, there should be clawbacks for Gary (sic) Becker and the others who explode these banks.
  — CBS News, 19 Mar. 2023
• Despite Reese’s defense, the clawback nevertheless weighed on the mind of his boss.
  — Max Blau, ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2020
• Freitag’s attorney would not say Wednesday if there will be more than the 10 clawback claims filed so far.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2021
• The clawbacks have thrown many veterans into sudden hardship.
  — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 2 Aug. 2024
• The current clawback rate, which was set by President Biden, is 10%.
  — Jeremy Tanner, The Hill, 26 Mar. 2025
• Easterbrook apologized for his behavior in the wake of the firing and clawback.
  — Rohan Goswami, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024
• The group wants the full monthly financial benefit restored and the clawback ended.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2023
• Getting a clawback provision to President Biden’s desk was a good first start.
  — James Broughel, National Review, 29 June 2023
• The clawback of money included hundreds of millions already pledged.
  — Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 27 June 2025
• Well, there should be momentum for three things, one, the clawbacks on these executives that could be bipartisan.
  — CBS News, 30 Apr. 2023
• There needs to be a clawback of executive compensation and for tougher rules on bank executives who have failed banks.
  — CBS News, 30 Apr. 2023
• That slight clawback still isn’t enough though to really help American winemakers.
  — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2026
• At a minimum, brokers and insurers found to have acted in bad faith should be banned from marketplaces and subject to clawbacks.
  — Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
• There needs to be clawback of executive compensation and for tougher rules on bank executives who have failed banks.
  — CBS News, 30 Apr. 2023
• The senior state aide said many governors were caught off guard by the clawback provision, which would only affect states that hadn’t spent all their federal funds.
  — Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2022
• But the clawbacks have resulted in patients overpaying by hundreds of millions of dollars, Hoey said.
  — Arthur Allen, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
• The bill does not focus on whether to approve new dollars, but is instead a clawback of money that was previously approved, a move known as rescission.
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
• Aside from the human tragedies clawback letters create for the people who receive them, there are three practical reasons why taxpayers should care.
  — John C. Goodman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
• In America Congress told regulators to craft a new clawback rule.
  — The Economist, 20 Feb. 2021
• The news hit its stock, prompted a revision of past profit figures, and triggered a clawback of executive bonuses.
  — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 16 Jan. 2026
• The de minimis level allows states to lower revenues by 1 percent of the baseline year without triggering the clawback.
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 23 June 2021

claw back

2 of 2 verb

• But again, the Huskies clawed back to tie it.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
• Saugus clawed back early to take set one.
  — Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
• The state clawed back $5 million.
  — Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
• The Jays clawed back at that three-run lead, tying it in the third frame.
  — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
• The Wolfpack clawed back to trail by just three at halftime.
  — CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
• Working from home briefly allowed workers to claw back some of that time.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
• The markets clawed back some of their losses later.
  — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
• Saudi stocks have since clawed back some ground amid the recent rebound in crude prices.
  — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 May 2026
• Starmer tried to claw back the initiative in a speech on Monday.
  — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 12 May 2026
• Now Kaplan wants to claw back the law and give the council control again.
  — Steve Large, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
• Iran’s regime will certainly attempt to claw back its lost power.
  — Afshon Ostovar, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2025
• Just eight times has a team clawed back from a 0–2 hole to win a division series.
  — Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
• Canada opened round robin play 1-3 before clawing back to nab a medal.
  — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2026
• Miller’s Bearcats have clawed back from an 0-3 start in conference play.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2026
• Texas clawed back to take the lead at halftime with Evans on the bench for an extended stretch.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
• From that point the Chargers couldn’t claw back any closer than 10 points the rest of the way.
  — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2026
• That feels like a death knell for businesses who haven’t yet received their money—or have had their funds clawed back.
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
• The Ichabods, with some help from the home side, clawed back into the contest.
  — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
• The latest rally helped investors claw back most of the losses from earlier in the week.
  — Pia Singh,sarah Min, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
• The Chiefs had clawed back from an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit, and now the game was tied at 20.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Nov. 2025
• The blue team needs to claw back some self-respect and reassure voters that they aren’t being asked to back a bunch of losers.
  — Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
• The Bills clawed back from a 13-point deficit against the Eagles in the fourth quarter but fell just short.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Dec. 2025
• Samford wasn’t quite done clawing back despite the big Arkansas run.
  — Christina Long, Arkansas Online, 14 Nov. 2025
• Risk-on sentiment in several high-flying tech names has remained strong even though stocks have clawed back some gains this month.
  — Pia Singh, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2025
• The Warriors were able to claw back thanks to some stellar two-way play by an engaged and active Green.
  — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
• The government is now trying to claw back more money from the operation.
  — Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
• Pogacar reached the summit first, and Vingegaard tried to claw back his 30-second deficit in the downhill.
  — ABC News, 9 July 2026
• The rate clawed back up to 26% last year — but cracks in the growth narrative persist in the world’s largest democracy.
  — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
• Ole Miss clawed back, though, going into halftime down just two, 43-41.
  — Arkansas Online, 4 Jan. 2026
• Callaghan had clawed back the entire IP catalog, brand rights and social media pages.
  — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026