as in damages
payment to another for a loss or injury
the government instituted a program of reparations to the descendants of Native Americans who were driven from their land
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Recent Examples of reparations
The sides also compromised on financial relief for Iran, which initially demanded at least $500 billion in reparations, one of the regional officials said.
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E. Eduardo Castillo,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
Collective, which advocates for reparations, land returns for Native Americans, bonds for newborns and a universal basic income.
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Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
African leaders agreed on a framework to demand reparations for the transatlantic slave trade, as well as debt relief.
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Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
22 June 2026
Has Alyssa Milano made a public donation to the reparations fund?
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Joe Kinsey Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2026
Positions on reparations are mixed in countries that would contribute.
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ABC News,
19 June 2026
But for decades, federal and state governments have rejected even the notion of studying reparations.
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Marcus Anthony Hunter,
Time,
19 June 2026
Reports also suggest that Iran expects to receive, through some unspecified payment mechanism, potentially hundreds of billions of dollars in de-facto reparations for damage caused by the war.
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Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
In December 2024, a Belgian court ordered the government to pay reparations to five mixed-race women after they were forcibly removed from their families in the colonial-era Belgian Congo.
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Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
E. Eduardo Castillo,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2026
Collective, which advocates for reparations, land returns for Native Americans, bonds for newborns and a universal basic income.
—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
22 June 2026
African leaders agreed on a framework to demand reparations for the transatlantic slave trade, as well as debt relief.
—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
22 June 2026
Has Alyssa Milano made a public donation to the reparations fund?
—
Joe Kinsey Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2026
Positions on reparations are mixed in countries that would contribute.
—
ABC News,
19 June 2026
But for decades, federal and state governments have rejected even the notion of studying reparations.
—
Marcus Anthony Hunter,
Time,
19 June 2026
Reports also suggest that Iran expects to receive, through some unspecified payment mechanism, potentially hundreds of billions of dollars in de-facto reparations for damage caused by the war.
—
Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
18 June 2026
In December 2024, a Belgian court ordered the government to pay reparations to five mixed-race women after they were forcibly removed from their families in the colonial-era Belgian Congo.
—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reparations
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The lawsuit also seeks unspecified financial damages.
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The lawsuit seeks more than $1 million in damages.
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This can help address strength imbalances and movement compensations that, over time, can lead to injury.
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Still, Fiedler shows convincingly enough that American writers’ attempts to adapt the seduction narrative to our concerns—to reimagine it so as to preserve our enduring sense of ourselves as innocents—explain our literature’s peculiar aversions and resultant compensations.
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