How to Use indemnity in a Sentence
indemnity
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The Maple Hill Farms herd removal is the largest in terms of animals and indemnity.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2022
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The concept is to have a very simple and clear trigger for the payout of the policy that is not based on the years-long indemnity claims process.
—Allbusiness, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
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The terms of the eventual peace treaty with France were punitive, as France was forced to cede Alsace and Lorraine and to pay an indemnity to boot.
—Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 17 June 2021
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The side that lost would, in the course of negotiations, cede a border march or a colony to the victor or pay an indemnity.
—Mark Antonio Wright, National Review, 26 May 2022
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In the emails, King wrote the agreement would afford the outside agencies indemnity.
—oregonlive, 3 Oct. 2020
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Wouldn't Chicago have been smart to take an indemnity deal and reveal the truths of Burge's conduct much earlier, Bell wondered.
—Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2022
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YouTube, unlike Getty, does not offer indemnity for use of its AI tools.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2023
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Crop insurance programs will help with corn in the field as will a USDA indemnity program.
—David Pitt, Star Tribune, 12 Aug. 2020
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Twenty-one of the 38 have been depopulated and indemnity paid to the owners.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2022
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Twenty of the 38 have been depopulated and indemnity paid to the owners.
—Paul A. Smith, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
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Nineteen of the 37 have been depopulated and indemnity paid to the owners.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2022
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But the fact that car companies were worried enough about that to ask for legal indemnity tells us all that self-driving cars are not ready for prime time and, based on that one fear, may never be as foolproof as hyped.
—Ed Wallace, star-telegram, 16 Dec. 2017
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Eight of the attackers were tried for the crimes but eventually released, and a small indemnity was paid to the Chinese government as an apology.
—Frank Shyong Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2021
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The county’s pending counter-lawsuit highlights the issue of indemnity.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2020
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The plaintiffs in the case, who sell fixed indemnity insurance, said the federal rule would essentially destroy the market for such products.
—Robert Pear, New York Times, 5 July 2016
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Gold indemnity objects were sent to London and sold through a Mayfair crown jeweler; a half-century later, some turned up at auction.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
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Through gunboat diplomacy, France forced Haiti to agree to an enormous indemnity in exchange for recognition.
—Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 11 Jan. 2022
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Ultimately, the court allowed Tenet’s bankruptcy to go forward, with the indemnity agreement in place.
—Patricia Callahan, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2019
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And because the indemnity Haiti paid to France is the first and only time a formerly enslaved people were forced to compensate those who had once enslaved them, Haiti should be at the center of the global movement for reparations.
—Marlene Daut, Quartz Africa, 3 July 2020
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In each of the contracts, the city signed the agreements after Baker had already started working and took the unusual step of removing an indemnity clause that would have made Baker legally liable for his work.
—Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Feb. 2023
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In each of the contracts, the city signed the agreements after Baker had already started working, and took the unusual step of removing an indemnity clause that would have made Baker legally liable for his work.
—Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Aug. 2023
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But the filmmakers have fought back, asserting that the film not only has been vetted by their U.K. and U.S. counsel but is also covered by its indemnities, thus negating any risk to the distributor.
—Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2019
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Marfrig's owner, Marcos Molina, agreed, without acknowledging guilt, to pay an indemnity in a bribery probe back in 2018.
—Felipe Marques and James Attwood Bloomberg News, Star Tribune, 23 July 2021
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Only those companies who sold at cost would be granted the indemnity protections.
—Jack Nasher, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
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Corporate indemnity The terms of the settlement seem more than favorable to Facebook, critics pointed out.
—Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 24 July 2019
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Each of the farm owners received federal indemnity payments in compensation for the loss of their animals.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2022
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When the receiving bank asks Citi to sign an indemnity agreement to recover the person’s funds, Citi typically asks its customer to sign a similar contract to retrieve the money.
—Sarah Krouse, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2020
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Details are unclear, since the companies are still arguing with each other over an indemnity agreement.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 14 May 2022
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The indemnity was an economic drain on the country, which remains impoverished even today.
—Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
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To help bring down the cost, the groups offer guidance on maximizing all sorts of arcane systems, from hotel rewards to credit-card points to hospital indemnity insurance.
—New York Times, 10 May 2022
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