compensate

Example Sentences

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Americans have turned to credit to compensate for sluggish wage growth for decades.

From Barron's

"We ask God to compensate us with palaces in paradise", said Ibtisam al-Ajouz, a displaced camp resident whose house was also set to be destroyed.

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Soon afterward, Soboroff told an audience that he had been “lied to” about whether he would be compensated.

From Los Angeles Times

The Times had to compensate for ambiguities and apparent data entry errors, often by taking into account freehand notes on a permit that painted a clearer picture of the project.

From Los Angeles Times

This means that in practice automakers will still be able to sell a limited number of polluting vehicles -- from plug-in hybrids to diesel cars -- beyond 2035, provided the resulting emissions are "compensated" in various ways.

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