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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
recompense .
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Examples
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The creator put a lot of time and energy into that product, and they deserve to be recompensed for it.
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God and the right dwelt in them and no matter what my poor fate might be, I could but feel well recompensed by such companionship.
Chapter 19 2010
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'The claims of Palestinian complicity in the murder of the European Jews were to some extent a defensive strategy, a preemptive response to the Palestinian complaint that if Israel was recompensed for the Holocaust, it was unjust that Palestinian Muslims should pick up the bill for the crimes of European Christians.
Wonk Room » Dershowitz: Palestinians ‘Played A Significant Role In The Holocaust’ 2009
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I would think that anyone who had been a slave under a system of state sanctioned slavery should be recompensed.
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Is it not the case then, that having been recompensed (3K+) for having to adhere to the conditions, that by taking additional time off they are having two bites of the cherry.
The Truth Behind The £100 Phonecalls « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Net present value is a method of valuing companies that calculates the current value of future cash flows, while franking credits are distributed by Australian companies to ensure that shareholders are recompensed for the tax on their dividends.
Rio Tinto, Mitsubishi Seek All of Coal & Allied David Fickling 2011
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In the UK, with PLR, this public service is recognised and recompensed, but not in the US.
Creative Control - Part 3 Hal Duncan 2009
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Well, fans of this sort of thing who were complaining about the editing of the love scene must have felt fully recompensed by Jack and Angelo's frequent, lengthy romping scenes.
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"Writing has been such a fantastic pleasure for me all my life that I cannot believe that I am honored and recompensed for something that has been a recompense in itself, you know?" he said in a transatlantic phone conversation.
Mario Vargas Llosa: Nobel committee appreciates what authorities didn't always Jacqueline Trescott 2010
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I would think that anyone who had been a slave under a system of state sanctioned slavery should be recompensed.
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