- present participle of compensate.
compensating
Example Sentences
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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 is compensating for the stagnant auto market by making power-chip solutions and optical cable for data centers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
This may seem counterintuitive, but remember, you are basically compensating for the transposition that is "built into" the instrument.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
