as in damages
payment to another for a loss or injury
that insurance company is known to be slow when processing claims for indemnification
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Recent Examples of indemnification
Success means partnering with OpenJDK providers offering comprehensive protection, from IP safeguards to indemnification.
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Scott Sellers, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Do company bylaws provide for indemnification protection for officers and employees?
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Attorney General William Tong declined to provide Padro with representation, but the bar to denying him indemnification against damages is high, Meskill said.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2025
In the United States, that is typically corporate bankruptcy (where the company cannot indemnify due to insolvency) and the settlements of derivative suits where state corporate law does not permit indemnification.
—Priya Cherian Huskins, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Scott Sellers, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
Do company bylaws provide for indemnification protection for officers and employees?
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Attorney General William Tong declined to provide Padro with representation, but the bar to denying him indemnification against damages is high, Meskill said.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2025
In the United States, that is typically corporate bankruptcy (where the company cannot indemnify due to insolvency) and the settlements of derivative suits where state corporate law does not permit indemnification.
—Priya Cherian Huskins, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for indemnification
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indemnification
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In 2023, Jordan’s first full year as CEO, his total compensation was $9.3 million.—
Dan Reed,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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President Donald Trump's rapid pullback of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cost Americans at least $18 billion in higher fees and lost compensation for consumers allegedly cheated by major companies, according to an analysis released Tuesday by two organizations.—
Douglas Gillison,
USA Today,
25 June 2025
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Ahead of Juneteenth, proponents of reparations for African Americans met last week with mostly Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill to urge them to continue the push for federal reparations legislation.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA Today,
20 June 2025
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This pilot was the first of its kind funded through voluntary reparations, in which oppressors' descendants choose to actively redistribute their wealth and power to the oppressed.—
Nuri Kino,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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The buyer demanded indemnities, and the final deal value was reduced by nearly 20%.—
Michael Platner,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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In recent years, French academics have begun to increasingly contribute to the conversation about the longitudinal harms the indemnity brought to Haiti.—
Marlene L. Daut,
The Conversation,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Indemnification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indemnification. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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