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
  • Newsom vetoes a bill to study reparations for families displaced at Chavez Ravine.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The opposition says that the state needs to focus on the budget deficit for now, not reparations efforts, and that the current system helps promote order and rehabilitation.
    Shawna Chen, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024

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