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compensate

[kom-puhn-seyt] / ˈkɒm pənˌseɪt /




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Lidl must also compensate Birkenstock and pay its legal fees, with the amount to be decided in separate court decisions.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2026

Oil producers pay anywhere from $16 to $20 a barrel to compensate crew and shipowners for the risks of running through the strait.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

“We don’t use that number as a form of calculating how we compensate, because it can be fairly arbitrary,” Tiley said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Corporate bonds are priced at a spread, or premium, above the prevailing Treasury rate to help compensate investors for default risks.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

He wondered if his talents had failed him, if he had, in trying to compensate for months of undertraining, thrown too much work at his horse at once.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Madueke goes into central midfield and Bellingham compensates by defending out wide.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

But when they are stiff, the lower back often compensates.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 6, 2026

What it lacks in explosivity and pacing, “The Complex” at times compensates for in tension, tenderness and tenacity.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 23, 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

Likewise, insurance policies with broad coverage which compensates for any mishap are apt to be cheaper in the long run than insurance for a particular disease or a particular trip.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

The company will also pay $12.3 million directly to around 264,000 drivers, including 209,000 being compensated for missing or late payments.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

TotalEnergies says "strict measures have been taken to avoid, mitigate and offset" the impact on local environments and that it has compensated 99 percent of displaced households.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

Right now, I think we are being more than compensated.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

The government says this is a standard procedural step and would not affect the money residents are owed, as the GLA would only receive any funds left after residents had been fully compensated.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

She had no lips at all and compensated this by stenciling on a large red, greasy mouth that now popped open in delight, now shut in sudden alarm.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

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

"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 also aims at "compensating all victims of this contamination" in Guadeloupe and Martinique.

From Barron's Jun. 2, 2026

Were you ever able to stop compensating for your height?

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

And I felt that it was the fear of their enemies that made Communists—unconsciously compensating for their fear—fight one another so doggedly and persistently.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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