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compensate

[kom-puhn-sayt] / ˈkɒm pənˌseɪt /




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The legislation also codifies a program to compensate ranchers when they lose livestock to wolves or suffer indirect harm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

It can be used to automate an assembly line, to compensate for a gap in the user’s skills, or to augment and sharpen individual creativity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

“We don’t use that number as a form of calculating how we compensate, because it can be fairly arbitrary,” Tiley said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

She said the company "owes it to the LGBTQ+ community it serves to compensate those whose data has been compromised".

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Since Mary Anne never went anywhere, the punishment did not seem to compensate for the heinousness of the crime.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Spotify’s history in the music industry is complex, and it has previously faced some criticism over how it compensates artists whose songs stream on its platform.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026

UBS reported outflows last quarter and said it was anticipating further disruption after changes to how it compensates its front-line financial advisers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

MPs heard the Horizon Shortfall Scheme, which compensates some victims, was "broken".

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026

In other words, when incoming visual signals are reduced, the brain compensates by pulling stored images and experiences from memory.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2026

She compensates with mascara and turquoise eye shadow, so that her eyes look a bit like two peacock feathers.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

TotalEnergies says "strict measures have been taken to avoid, mitigate and offset" the impact on local environments and that it has compensated 99 percent of displaced households.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

The question is whether you are being sufficiently compensated for taking that risk.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Cement makers, steel producers and other energy-intensive industries are only partly compensated by government rebates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

The state's premier Chris Minns said on Saturday: "We want those guns handed in, compensated for and safely destroyed."

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

“I’ve compensated for his cephalic emanations,” Roy explained.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

They are all issues World Athletics has sought to begin addressing with the biennial Ultimate Championship, while also compensating the athletes with record prize money.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

But these new policies could easily overwhelm any compensating values of living in certain U.S. cities and states.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

"The nervous system adopts a safety-first approach, compensating for age-related changes by favoring stability over performance," says Associate Professor Immink, Lead of the Active Lives Research Program within the Caring Futures Institute at Flinders University.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

It is compensating for the stagnant auto market by making power-chip solutions and optical cable for data centers.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

Emmer wheat, however, has compensating virtues: it can be gathered more efficiently than barley, and it is unusual among cereals in that its seeds do not adhere to husks.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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