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compensate

[kom-puhn-seyt] / ˈkɒm pənˌseɪt /




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Instead of simply eating more pollen to compensate for missing nutrients, bees may reduce their intake when another nutrient becomes excessive.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

To help compensate for taking on that extra risk over time, investors demand a higher premium, thus pushing yields higher.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

And, of course, as we age, our balance becomes compromised — we’re less able to compensate for vestibular system weaknesses as our vision declines and our sense of touch deteriorates.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

For years, the government has helped compensate banks and payment firms for providing a service that has effectively been treated as public infrastructure.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

I took a turn too early or too late, then tried to compensate by cutting through an alley like a narrow chasm between two tall buildings.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

They recruit a bass player named Bill Perks, who compensates for his lack of blues knowledge by bringing along an enormous amplifier.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 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

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

Murrill’s opposition doesn’t necessarily mean that Brooks and other exonerees won’t eventually be compensated.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

Under the Clarity Act as we and others read it, stablecoin holders could be compensated with sundry perks including zero-interest loans as long as their deposits aren’t the only reason they are being rewarded.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

“Uncertainties are piling up,” he noted, and the bond market expects to get compensated for it.

From MarketWatch Jul. 26, 2026

Converting a block to commonhold means transferring ownership from the freeholder to the residents, and how existing freeholders should be compensated is disputed.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

If Shin worked hard, the farmer told him, he would be generously compensated.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

"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

Then there are ideas for compensating job losers such as wage insurance or “universal basic income.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

“Creators make their living generating content. The campaign believes in compensating people for their time and work product and has paid creators to generate content,” Liao said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2026

The findings suggest the brain may be compensating in women in ways that help maintain cognitive performance earlier in the disease.

From MarketWatch Apr. 13, 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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