How to Use remunerate in a Sentence

remunerate

verb
  • Some of this work has been remunerated; some of it has taken the form of unpaid consulting.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 24 May 2023
  • That issue of residuals and people being remunerated for each piece of art is key.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The production company hadn’t been willing to cover his costs and remunerate him for his time.
    — Justin Curto, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Staff are still lavishly remunerated, but pay is down by 52% in real terms.
    — The Economist, 14 Oct. 2017
  • As part of an agreement to end the strike, a payment pot was set up to remunerate actors based on future viewings of their work on streaming services.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 14 May 2024
  • Despite many hours spent on layover or sitting on the tarmac, flight attendants are only remunerated when the plane doors are shut.
    — Natasha Frost, Quartz, 27 Feb. 2020
  • In my opinion, there needs to be a much more responsible reckoning of how that has happened, and how people can be remunerated for it.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Each of the 104 artists and collectives is alive (refreshing), and has been remunerated (even more so).
    — Laura Bannister, Vogue, 17 June 2018
  • Recognise and remunerate cultural load as part of an employee’s workload 5.
    — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Doctors would be remunerated at current Medicare rates, which in some cases are only half of what private insurers pay.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Creators need to be consulted, give consent and be remunerated when their work is used to develop AI models.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024
  • However, the writers who create the stories which appear on these platforms are not being adequately remunerated for their work.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The break-up of a successful but lavishly remunerated squad has been hugely controversial among the supporters.
    — Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Tens of thousands of people shouting, demanding that these players, the best at their job in the world, be remunerated appropriately for their efforts and talents.
    — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 8 July 2019
  • Committing to a substantial cash prize for a successful coronavirus vaccine will boost confidence among firms that their research efforts will be remunerated.
    — Daniel Hemel, Time, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Employees both on and off the field were remunerated on Friday as the club fulfilled its immediate financial obligations.
    — SI.com, 1 July 2018
  • The majority of truly important work is not highly remunerated.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2024
  • The market reaction—sending shares up roughly 7%—reinforces the oil-patch shift toward remunerating shareholders when energy prices are high instead of spending the cash to drill more.
    — Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Through this program, fishermen are now remunerated for returning turtles accidentally caught in their fishing nets.
    — Michelle Cohan and Torera Idowu, CNN, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Addressing this problem will require firms to make flexible and part-time work more productive and better remunerated and governments to provide more generous childcare.
    — Claudia Goldin, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
  • The freedoms and rights enjoyed by internet users today will be enhanced, our creators will be better remunerated for their work, and the internet economy will have clearer rules for operating and thriving.
    — Keach Hagey, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2019
  • The lawsuit makes no specific monetary demand but asks that a jury require Tesla to remunerate alleged victims for the conduct they were subjected to and pay other damages, as appropriate.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Although participants in the Telefonica trial will take a 15% pay cut, businesses in other countries are opting to remunerate staff in full despite working fewer hours.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Rovio, which is structured around mobile-game and brand-licensing units, said the planned listing would enable the company to pursue its growth strategy, including through acquisitions, and gain more flexibility to remunerate its employees.
    — David Gauthier-Villars, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2017
  • But what worried him most was secretive outside payments for presenting a perspective—such as when a cognitive scientist publishes evidence on the beneficial effects of video gaming while secretly being remunerated by a game company.
    — Tom Chivers, Scientific American, 20 July 2019
  • The Global Fund recently became the first major international health organization to require countries that receive its grants to budget what delivery would be done by community health workers and the funding gap for remunerating them.
    — Stephanie Nolen Tiksa Negeri, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • This is, presumably, to prevent, say, DeShaun Watson from peddling autographs during his run to a national championship as Clemson's quarterback, because why should the kid's diligence and commitment be remunerated?
    — Barry Svrluga, chicagotribune.com, 16 June 2017
  • The antitrust lawsuit filed in March 2025 against tennis’ governing bodies by the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) intended to completely remake the sport and transform how its athletes are treated and remunerated.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026

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