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compensate

[kom-puhn-sayt] / ˈkɒm pənˌseɪt /




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Our staffer @vanessafranko does pen and ink drawings to compensate when artists don’t let us take their photo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Cerutti, whose farm is an EU-certified protected area, is looking to compensate the lost earnings from the sacrificed paddies by hosting schools and academics, and offering guest accommodation.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Average prices should be way down to compensate.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

The chief economist said workers are likely to seek an increase in pay to compensate for the purchasing power they have lost as a result of higher energy prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Slowly she resolved that someday she would find a way to compensate for the way the world had so far treated Joe Rantz.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

The question is whether the additional business compensates for the lower price and any extra infrastructure required.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Madueke goes into central midfield and Bellingham compensates by defending out wide.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

Sanjay Kumar, a senior official in the Telangana state government, said it compensates people for land and runs its own efforts to improve skills and provide loans for new businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

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

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

The Franco-German deal scraps the latter requirement stating that residual emissions should not have to be compensated by manufacturers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

“You’re not getting compensated in the classic sense for going out on the risk spectrum.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

The Times asked the center’s attorney if Troupe was compensated for work outside of his board duties, but she did not respond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

This might not stop willful regulators who want to stop a project approved by their predecessors, but at least developers would be compensated for losses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

I’ve compensated by remembering everything about Anatole in the days that followed.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Meanwhile, a Microsoft researcher told colleagues that compensating content creators is “in the best interest of my employer, of my country, and of many other groups I belong to.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

"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

He had learned to keep his whip idle, compensating by riding with somewhat longer stirrups that allowed him to urge horses gently with his lower legs.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand


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