How to Use clawback in a Sentence

clawback

1 of 2 noun
  • The union would oppose clawbacks in any system.
    — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • What are the clawback provisions?
    — Christos Korgan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • That slight clawback still isn’t enough though to really help American winemakers.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2026
  • At a minimum, brokers and insurers found to have acted in bad faith should be banned from marketplaces and subject to clawbacks.
    — Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The news hit its stock, prompted a revision of past profit figures, and triggered a clawback of executive bonuses.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Democrats' shutdown strategy will become clearer in the coming weeks, and whether the White House sticks to its funding clawbacks will influence those plans.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • His Administration has also looked to slash federal funding through various freezes, clawbacks, cuts, and recissions.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • These consequences can include commission clawbacks or contract termination.
    — Scotty Elliott, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The lawsuit argues that LeVota acted beyond the power of his position in proposing and initiating the two tax credit policies that would rely on clawbacks from school budgets.
    — Ilana Arougheti june 22, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2026
  • The clawback of federal money will immediately halt Arizona's update of a real-time disease reporting system, state health officials said.
    — Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Merkley also introduced an amendment that would bar the clawback of funds already approved by Congress within 90 days of their expiration, which the Senate is now voting on.
    — CBS News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • For example, debt relief programs that negotiate settlements with creditors operate differently from bankruptcy and aren't subject to the same clawback rules.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The Unified Government was on track to get a homelessness coordinator through the state, although recent clawbacks on federal funding revoked funding for that position, Howze said.
    — Sofi Zeman october 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
  • LeVota’s tax troubles LeVota has said publicly that he was instructed by the Missouri State Tax Commission to carry out the tax credit and clawback plan.
    — Ilana Arougheti june 22, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2026
  • Democrats are already threatening a government shutdown in September over the clawbacks, saying there’s no point in passing bipartisan funding bills if Republicans will strip spending out of them in partisan votes further down the line.
    — Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 18 July 2025
  • Similarly, Goldman’s carried interest program says carry points will be subject to forfeiture and clawback provisions whether vested or not if an executive jumps to a competitor, a consistent point across its compensation programs.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The prospect of clawbacks of government support, as well as the retroactive revocation of tariff exemptions and tax breaks, should provide additional pressure for companies to build in America—and for markets to value domestic production appropriately.
    — Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Senate Republicans returned to Washington Tuesday from summer break, facing warnings from within that the White House’s clawback of spending passed by Congress could jeopardize a fast-approaching shutdown deadline.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Tighter deadlines, clawback protections In 2017, the Shawnee City Council approved the $113 million project to refresh the shopping center and accompanying tax incentives.
    — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The anticipated clawback was first reported this week by the New York Times, which said the 60 entities in 49 states that had been awarded grants could receive termination letters from the Environmental Protection Agency as soon as this week.
    — Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The measure also features clawbacks aimed at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds PBS and NPR — two news outlets that conservatives, including the president, have argued are biased in their coverage and should not be funded by the government.
    — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 18 July 2025
  • In a 2020 report, the SEC charged Supermicro with accounting violations from 2015 to 2017; the allegations led to its former CFO resigning and a compensation clawback being exercised on Liang, who was not charged.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
  • In the latest episode of C-Suite Unscripted, ForbesWomen editor Maggie McGrath sat down with Michaels, a 30 Under 30 list alumn and the founder and CEO of Clasp, to discuss how her company is partnering with major health systems to pay off clinical workers' student loans with zero clawbacks.
    — Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026

claw back

2 of 2 verb
  • But again, the Huskies clawed back to tie it.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Saugus clawed back early to take set one.
    — Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The state clawed back $5 million.
    — Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The Jays clawed back at that three-run lead, tying it in the third frame.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Wolfpack clawed back to trail by just three at halftime.
    — CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Working from home briefly allowed workers to claw back some of that time.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The markets clawed back some of their losses later.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Saudi stocks have since clawed back some ground amid the recent rebound in crude prices.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 May 2026
  • Starmer tried to claw back the initiative in a speech on Monday.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 12 May 2026
  • Now Kaplan wants to claw back the law and give the council control again.
    — Steve Large, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Iran’s regime will certainly attempt to claw back its lost power.
    — Afshon Ostovar, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Just eight times has a team clawed back from a 0–2 hole to win a division series.
    — Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Canada opened round robin play 1-3 before clawing back to nab a medal.
    — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Miller’s Bearcats have clawed back from an 0-3 start in conference play.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Texas clawed back to take the lead at halftime with Evans on the bench for an extended stretch.
    — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • From that point the Chargers couldn’t claw back any closer than 10 points the rest of the way.
    — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2026
  • That feels like a death knell for businesses who haven’t yet received their money—or have had their funds clawed back.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The Ichabods, with some help from the home side, clawed back into the contest.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The latest rally helped investors claw back most of the losses from earlier in the week.
    — Pia Singh,sarah Min, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The Chiefs had clawed back from an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit, and now the game was tied at 20.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Nov. 2025
  • The Bills clawed back from a 13-point deficit against the Eagles in the fourth quarter but fell just short.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Samford wasn’t quite done clawing back despite the big Arkansas run.
    — Christina Long, Arkansas Online, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Risk-on sentiment in several high-flying tech names has remained strong even though stocks have clawed back some gains this month.
    — Pia Singh, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2025
  • The Warriors were able to claw back thanks to some stellar two-way play by an engaged and active Green.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The government is now trying to claw back more money from the operation.
    — Thomas Brewster, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The rate clawed back up to 26% last year — but cracks in the growth narrative persist in the world’s largest democracy.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Ole Miss clawed back, though, going into halftime down just two, 43-41.
    — Arkansas Online, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Callaghan had clawed back the entire IP catalog, brand rights and social media pages.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The Club stock was up 2% on the week, clawing back about half of Friday's post-earnings pullback .
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 4 June 2026
  • When the Pistons built a 17-point lead in the second quarter, the Magic clawed back.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026

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