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Recent Examples of restitution About 35 million Amazon Prime members are entitled to part of the settlement’s restitution. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2025 Agency officials said the payout is the second-largest consumer restitution in FTC history. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025 Watson was also ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and $52,530 in restitution to the family of Jennifer Bautista Amezcua, the woman killed in the collision. Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025 Additionally, the 57-year-old must pay over $146,000 in restitution and a $9,500 fine. Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for restitution
Recent Examples of Synonyms for restitution
Noun
  • Kyiv would be required to repay the debt only if Russia paid reparations for its war.
    Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Jackson uses his considerable fortune to pay reparation to the victims.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To date, Jones has not paid any monetary damages to the Sandy Hook families.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Dixon is seeking $260 million in damages from Perry and his production company, Tyler Perry Studios.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Sean Dyche, the former Burnley and Everton manager, is currently out of work and so compensation would not be a concern.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • If the music industry doesn’t lead in this moment, AI-powered innovation will happen elsewhere, without rights, consent or compensation.
    Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Restitution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restitution. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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