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compensation

[kom-puhn-sey-shuhn] / ˌkɒm pənˈseɪ ʃən /


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Evans said he expects a flood of cases seeking larger compensation in the coming months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Both Mrs Brown and Sir Alan Bates were part of the Group Litigation Order compensation scheme, and those claimants were offered the option of taking a fixed sum of £75,000 or pursuing their own settlement.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The Wall Street Journal has noted that he could make up to $35 billion in stock compensation if that target were reached.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Dr. Hanna Pettersson of the University of York's Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity explained how the program differed from traditional compensation systems.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

For the chief virtue of a gradual approach was to extend the cost of compensation over several decades so that the full bill never landed at one time or even on one generation.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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