How to Use reparation in a Sentence

reparation

noun

• She says she's sorry and wants to make reparations.
• They've offered no apologies and seem to have no thoughts of reparation.
• The country paid millions in reparations.
• For the first time, the world has a system in place for climate reparations.
  — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2023
• And the issue of slavery reparations has emerged as a litmus test for the field.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 20 July 2019
• The city north of Chicago, on the shore of Lake Michigan, passed its own reparations law in 2019 – the first of its kind in the nation.
  — Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Oct. 2024
• This has led to the more left-wing members of the party to call for reparations to black people.
  — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
• Germany was saddled with a stiff bill for the war, forced to pay reparations.
  — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 4 Sep. 2017
• But among blacks, 55% support reparation, and for whites, the support drops to 16%.
  — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 15 June 2020
• Oh, right -- ripping off the white man is reparations, not theft.
  — Ross Scarano, Billboard, 6 May 2019
• The funny thing is that, in a way, Paper Boi gets his reparations.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2018
• It was forced to pay tens of billions of dollars in reparations to France, a debt that took 122 years to pay back.
  — Matt Rivers, ABC News, 31 July 2023
• The U.S. paid reparations in an attempt to cover the damages.
  — Daniel A. Gross, USA TODAY, 2 May 2017
• To me the reparation there would be allowing for the First Nation and first people be heard for once.
  — Jill Tucker, SFChronicle.com, 2 July 2019
• The discovery of the last ship that brought Africans to the United States as slaves may offer a test case for reparations.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2019
• God will be pleased with our public prayers of reparation.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2019
• On the other hand, is a donation enough in terms of reparations?
  — Alexandra Olson, The Seattle Times, 11 Sep. 2018
• None of the bills address direct payments as a form of reparations.
  — Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024
• Jean Guerrero: Should men pay on dates as reparations for the gender wage gap?
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
• That same year, the Boston City Council voted to form a reparations task force.
  — Janie Har, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
• When the program was first imagined, cannabis advocates praised it as a kind of reparation for the war on drugs.
  — Emily Alpert Reyes Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2021
• This could be one form of reparation to the Black community in St. Paul.
  — Star Tribune, 7 Mar. 2021
• These new laws are, in effect, reparations for the dispossession of the past.
  — Andrew Harris, Slate Magazine, 28 Aug. 2017
• Evanston became the first U.S. city to fund reparations.
  — Janie Har, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
• No amount of reparation, or prison time, or settlement money will bring back their loved ones or be the balm for their pain.
  — Michelle Collins, STAT, 14 May 2022
• The $4 million proposed for a reparations office was cut out of this year’s budget.
  — Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2024
• But there would be some reparation, some justice, by him being found guilty.
  — Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2019
• In the context of reparations, the idea of cash payments has been controversial — to put it mildly.
  — Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
• Earlier this year, an Oklahoma judge dismissed a lawsuit from three survivors of the massacre who were seeking reparations.
  — Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
• Public conversations about the legacies of slavery and calls for reparations have continued to gain traction.
  — Ana Lucia Araujo / Made By History, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024