as in reparations
payment to another for a loss or injury
sought restitution from the other driver's insurance company for lost wages
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Recent Examples of restitutions
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said his office has a strong track record of fighting Medicaid fraud and has won more than 300 convictions and $80 million in judgments and restitutions during his time in office.
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Audrey McAvoy, Twin Cities, 3 Mar. 2026
Exceptions include federal tax liens, qualified domestic relations orders, and criminal fines or restitutions.
—True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Audrey McAvoy, Twin Cities, 3 Mar. 2026
Exceptions include federal tax liens, qualified domestic relations orders, and criminal fines or restitutions.
—True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for restitutions
Noun
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Questions of reparations are a fairly academic subject.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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The letter called for accountability and reparations, and gave Redzepi 24 hours to respond.—
Stephanie Breijo,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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Being stuck in a state of fight-or-flight increases protective muscle tension, altering movement mechanics, limiting mobility, and increasing the likelihood of compensations that can lead to pain or injury.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Suns reportedly offered Royce O'Neale and second-round compensations.—
Valentina Martinez,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Restitutions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restitutions. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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