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compensate

[kom-puhn-sayt] / ˈkɒm pənˌseɪt /




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Average prices should be way down to compensate.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Mr. Douglas was blessed to have a mother whose tenderness helped to compensate for the temper of his father, the movie star Kirk Douglas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The stakes are also high for President Xi Jinping, however, with China heavily reliant on exports in order to compensate for its wobbly domestic economy.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Pike told Roberts she was deeply sorry for what she did, but did not feel anything she said could compensate for what took place.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

In this sense the place was like modern purpose-built political capitals, such as Washington, D.C., or Canberra, Australia, with sanctifying civic monuments to compensate for a lack of real history.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

But when they are stiff, the lower back often compensates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

What it lacks in explosivity and pacing, “The Complex” at times compensates for in tension, tenderness and tenacity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026

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

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 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

In addition, 71 percent of claims were compensated either partially or in full, with that figure rising to 93 percent for homes where the damage exceeded 150,000 euros.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 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

Here are five questions to ask a potential adviser: How are you compensated, and can you show me that in writing?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 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

He was not compensated in any way for the five months he spent at the maximum-security prison.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

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

And I felt that it was the fear of their enemies that made Communists—unconsciously compensating for their fear—fight one another so doggedly and persistently.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright


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