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Recent Examples of restitute
Turkey, by the way, is among the world’s laggards in restituting anything.
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Brian T. Allen, National Review, 5 Oct. 2024
Back in 2007, the Netherlands restituted Isaac van Ostade’s Unloading the Hay Wagon to the heirs of John and Anna Jaffé.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2024
The Washington Principles were drafted with the intent of also covering private collections, but there has been far less progress in restituting work now held by individuals, the report found.
—Carlie Porterfield, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
The majority of descendants live in the United States and Israel, but the museum has already or is in the process of also restituting silver pieces to France, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Mexico.
—Kirsten Grieshaber, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2023
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Brian T. Allen, National Review, 5 Oct. 2024
Back in 2007, the Netherlands restituted Isaac van Ostade’s Unloading the Hay Wagon to the heirs of John and Anna Jaffé.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2024
The Washington Principles were drafted with the intent of also covering private collections, but there has been far less progress in restituting work now held by individuals, the report found.
—Carlie Porterfield, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
The majority of descendants live in the United States and Israel, but the museum has already or is in the process of also restituting silver pieces to France, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Mexico.
—Kirsten Grieshaber, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for restitute
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While the Constitution demands that members of Congress never go without pay and federal law mandates that federal employees are eventually reimbursed with back pay, the same is not true for workers contracted by the federal government.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
31 Oct. 2025
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The region’s Head Start sites incur costs on their own but are reimbursed on a monthly basis through federal grants.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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This was initially an emergency measure introduced in 2020, when football was forced into a demanding schedule to compensate for the three months lost to the pandemic.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Not Considering Size Trying to compensate for the wrong-size reed diffuser by adding or removing reeds is the wrong way to go, says Xu.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Nov. 2025
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Cuomo has received about $1,100 in foreign donations, with half being refunded.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Oct. 2025
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Still, most will refund the fare difference.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Oct. 2025
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How does Iwobi give back to the community?—
Aleks Klosok,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Many of their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren feel a dynamic responsibility to give back.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Restitute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restitute. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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