as in damages
payment to another for a loss or injury
that insurance company is known to be slow when processing claims for indemnification
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Recent Examples of indemnification
Redlined documents fly back and forth as parties try to shift liability caps, indemnification provisions and what constitutes force majeure.
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Danny Ertel, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
That indemnification agreement, stipulating the SBC Executive Committee is on the hook for Guidepost’s legal expenses arising from the firm’s May 2022 report, also applies to a second high-profile defamation lawsuit against the SBC from former seminary professor David Sills.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Due to an indemnification agreement, the SBC Executive Committee is obligated to cover Guidepost’s legal expenses related to the May 2022 report.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Feb. 2025
The filing notes that the Trust's organizational documents provide for indemnification of the Sponsor and its affiliates, subject to certain exceptions.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
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Danny Ertel, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
That indemnification agreement, stipulating the SBC Executive Committee is on the hook for Guidepost’s legal expenses arising from the firm’s May 2022 report, also applies to a second high-profile defamation lawsuit against the SBC from former seminary professor David Sills.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Due to an indemnification agreement, the SBC Executive Committee is obligated to cover Guidepost’s legal expenses related to the May 2022 report.
—Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Feb. 2025
The filing notes that the Trust's organizational documents provide for indemnification of the Sponsor and its affiliates, subject to certain exceptions.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indemnification
Noun
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Musk is seeking as much as $134 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft — a staggering amount, that if awarded, would be one of the largest verdicts in history.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Her experience appears to be increasingly rare, as the Russian business newspaper Kommersant estimated in a report last week that just five days of outages caused 3 billion to 5 billion rubles ($37 million to $62 million) in damages to Moscow businesses.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But in this case, and in other similar instances in Pinecrest that Hase’s legal team identified, the village would not provide compensation.—
Catherine Odom,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2026
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For now, even if 20% revenue sharing is less than the 40% the players first proposed, the deal represents a significant, stable increase in player compensation.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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That mirrors the world, where reparations for indigenous and enslaved people remain more of an intellectual argument far from an actual reality.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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Questions of reparations are a fairly academic subject.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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Request a recall or reversal and ask for a hold harmless letter or letter of indemnity.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Dec. 2025
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Perry was also accused of intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract and indemnity and contribution.—
Daniela Avila,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Indemnification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indemnification. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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