compensate
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Edison has offered to compensate victims of the fire who give up their right to sue the utility.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
In 2003, McLeod’s patrons funneled more than $100,000 through The Fellowship to compensate him.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's government and the Catholic Church in Spain signed an agreement in March to compensate victims, after years of reticence and opacity from the Church hierarchy.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
As if to compensate, on a drizzly Sunday evening in Kyiv, a crowd gathered in the street beneath an apartment building’s third-floor balcony to hear a makeshift string quartet play concertos.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
In an attempt to compensate, O’Dell and Sherman leaned the launch rod more than usual against the wind.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Vocabulary lists containing compensate
Tier 2 Words for the SBAC ELA Items
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Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 2
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The Crucible
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