compensate
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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
Players like Modric demonstrate that football intelligence often can compensate for a decline in physical speed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
In early 2022, after more than a year of underreporting customs values, First Brands paid the Chinese subsidiary a $40 million lump sum to compensate for the artificially depressed payments, the lawsuit said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
It also committed the United States to compensate English creditors for outstanding pre-revolutionary debts, most of which were owed by Virginia’s planters.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing compensate
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