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as in reparation
payment to another for a loss or injury
the court awarded the plaintiff a substantial quittance for bodily injury and emotional distress
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quittance
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After their January detention, the father and son were held at the Dilley immigration center in Texas until February, when a federal judge ordered their release back to Minnesota.—
Jason Rantala,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026 -
In a previous news release about the shift to Compass, Healy said this isn’t a farewell, but a new chapter.—
Nick Wooten,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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That mirrors the world, where reparations for indigenous and enslaved people remain more of an intellectual argument far from an actual reality.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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Questions of reparations are a fairly academic subject.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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The allegations were among a long list of charges against the career firefighter, including special allegations of multiple murders, murder to prevent testimony, intentional discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury and corporal injury to a cohabitant.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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On Monday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called on Democrats to join forces behind a discharge petition that would fund all DHS agencies except for ICE.—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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But in this case, and in other similar instances in Pinecrest that Hase’s legal team identified, the village would not provide compensation.—
Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2026
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For now, even if 20% revenue sharing is less than the 40% the players first proposed, the deal represents a significant, stable increase in player compensation.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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Some states prohibit wage garnishment completely, and many also allow borrowers to submit exemption claims or challenge a garnishment through court paperwork.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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This is also the last day to notify the district if your home no longer qualifies for an exemption.—
Sasha Richie,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Musk is seeking as much as $134 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft — a staggering amount, that if awarded, would be one of the largest verdicts in history.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Her experience appears to be increasingly rare, as the Russian business newspaper Kommersant estimated in a report last week that just five days of outages caused 3 billion to 5 billion rubles ($37 million to $62 million) in damages to Moscow businesses.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
17 Mar. 2026
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Takaichi told parliament that Japan hopes to see a de-escalation of the war, which has disrupted deliveries of oil and gas on which Japan is highly dependent.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
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Shortages quickly followed, resulting in school closures, rationing in supermarkets and postponements of operations and postal deliveries.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026
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Request a recall or reversal and ask for a hold harmless letter or letter of indemnity.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Dec. 2025
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Perry was also accused of intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract and indemnity and contribution.—
Daniela Avila,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Quittance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quittance. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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