How to Use reconciliation in a Sentence

reconciliation

noun
  • Signing the trade agreement was praised as an act of reconciliation between the two countries.
  • He contacted us in hopes of a reconciliation.
  • Wes seems to doubt there's a chance at reconciliation for those two down the road.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Has it been made clear that there is no chance for reconciliation?
    — Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 9 June 2022
  • Can there be any reconciliation between game and frame, the black box and the white cube?
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 30 June 2023
  • Always leave the door open for a reconciliation, but do not count on one.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 4 June 2026
  • Baseball had its chance to achieve some form of reconciliation with that past.
    — Christina Kahrl, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Dec. 2022
  • There seems to be less talk of reconciliation there.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • But one never knows, there’s still time for a reconciliation to take place.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 18 Jan. 2026
  • There’s going to have to be some kind of truth and reconciliation.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 20 June 2024
  • One of the joys of being able to make this film for me was this reconciliation as a gift to our daughter.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2023
  • And do this with your husband, as too much of the work of reconciliation often falls to mom.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 15 Oct. 2024
  • There was a chance after that moment, there could have been a bit of a reconciliation.
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Many have closed, and many feel that the recent reconciliation law will lead to the demise of others.
    — Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Trust and reconciliation are not the same thing.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2026
  • The show requires a kind of fast reconciliation that is not like real life.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Democrats hope to pass the bill on a party line vote through budget reconciliation.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Why wouldn't reconciliation be used all the time?
    — Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Why wouldn't reconciliation be used all the time?
    — Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 3 June 2026
  • There’s no room for reconciliation here; this song is for those who are hurt by love but aren’t willing to suffer again.
    — Natalia Cano, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2026
  • This meant that tabloid sources were correct about the date of the couple's reconciliation.
    — ELLE, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Even as tempers rose, the mayor held tight to dreams of racial reconciliation.
    — Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
  • And part of that process, maybe the first part, would be reconciliation and the admission of guilt for the things that went wrong in the past.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2023
  • After the prince lost the case, there have been hopes of a reconciliation between father and son.
    — Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • What is in this year’s reconciliation bill?
    — Cate Martel, The Hill, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Wyler was begging him for some type of reconciliation.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The authors suggest small acts of reconciliation and reunion could be the key to peace.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
  • There’s always that split in a sense of self, and there are different points of reconciliation.
    — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
  • There has been no formal truth and reconciliation process in the north of Ireland.
    — Tess Taylor, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
  • They were largely shut out of that bill, with the promise that they would be taken care of in the reconciliation package.
    — New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021

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