restitute

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Recent Examples of restitute The Washington Principles were drafted with the intent of also covering private collections, but there has been far less progress in restituting work now held by individuals, the report found. Carlie Porterfield, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024 He was irked when a woman came to a public talk and argued that they should be restituted. Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2023 On a visit to Burkina Faso in 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged the magnitude of African artifacts in European museums and vowed to restitute many from France. Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2023 The majority of descendants live in the United States and Israel, but the museum has already or is in the process of also restituting silver pieces to France, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Mexico. Kirsten Grieshaber, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for restitute
Recent Examples of Synonyms for restitute
Verb
  • Four employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency — its chief financial officer, two program analysts and a grant specialist — were fired Feb. 11 over payments to reimburse New York City for hotel costs for migrants.
    Meg Kinnard, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Navan Headquarters: Palo Alto, California. Travel and expense software company Navan offers a corporate card and an expense management app that reimburses employees' out-of-pocket business travel within 24 to 48 hours.
    Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • That’s substantial, and pitch-framing skills have never played a bigger role in how catchers are evaluated — and, ultimately, compensated — by the Minnesota Twins and other teams.
    Aaron Gleeman, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Chloe Bailey, who performs as a solo musician under the moniker Chlöe, is being sued by a songwriter who claims to not have been properly compensated for their work.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Her lore reveal indicates that her childlike stature doesn't always inspire confidence in her apprentices at first with some even requesting their money to be refunded upon seeing her.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 18 Feb. 2025
  • My credit card is going to fully refund that $1,300 chair because it was bought within 90 days.
    ABC NEWS, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • All proceeds from the festival are given back through donations and scholarships.
    Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2025
  • To be Lauren’s main gallerist and her hometown position is to truly live and breathe and understand the need to give back, to provide for a community that, in essence, gave her the legs with which to stand.
    Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025

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“Restitute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/restitute. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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