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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

"I had hoped SOS would apologise and offer support, to compensate me for the harm they caused by separating me from my family," Omama Ghbeis said.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Just be prepared for the very real possibility that you will not earn enough to compensate you for the sleepless nights you may incur over the next 30 years.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 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

Du Bois described as “the public and psychological wage” paid to white workers, who depended on their status and privileges as whites to compensate for low pay and harsh working conditions.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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

But “implicit in Peretz’s tales,” Ms. Wisse writes, “is an idea of Jewish moral potency that compensates for Jewish political impotence.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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

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

“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

It was a good brew, and Pippin found himself more than compensated for missing the Golden Perch.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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 also aims at "compensating all victims of this contamination" in Guadeloupe and Martinique.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

FitzRoy’s volumes did not get as positive a reception as Charles’s, so the publisher released Darwin’s volume as a separate book without telling him or compensating him financially.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman


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