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Recent Examples of restitute
In 2023 and 2024, for example, five museums restituted works to the heirs, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Carnegie Museum of Art.
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Catherine Hickley,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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.
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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.
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Carlie Porterfield,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2024
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Catherine Hickley,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
Turkey, by the way, is among the world’s laggards in restituting anything.
—
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for restitute
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Los Angeles officials have reached a tentative agreement with organizers of the 2028 Olympic Games laying out the process for reimbursing the city for potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in public services.
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Utilization, on the other hand, shows what percentage of eligible expenses are being reimbursed—a far more meaningful metric.
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Powell’s release comes nearly one year into Georgia’s new system to compensate the wrongfully convicted.
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When fibroblasts were lost, the ones that remained appeared to compensate.
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If the state collected more than $29 million each year, the overage was to be refunded to the casinos and licensed gaming companies.
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The sides are now headed to court, and the campers want to either return to the campground under their old agreements or be refunded.
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The program also facilitates a number of charitable initiatives intended to give back to the community.
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Nightlight adds a new way for the congregation to give back to the Hartford homeless population.
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“Restitute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restitute. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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