compensate
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Pike told Roberts she was deeply sorry for what she did, but did not feel anything she said could compensate for what took place.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
This selectively weakened the cells responsible for driving the disease while normal blood forming stem cells were better able to compensate.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Premiums for risky assets, which have fallen to historic lows, will rise to compensate for increased instability.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
It can be used to automate an assembly line, to compensate for a gap in the user’s skills, or to augment and sharpen individual creativity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Actually, they generally poll a larger number than is theoretically necessary to compensate for problems associated with getting a random sample.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Fortune is among the publishers Perplexity compensates for the use of its content.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 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
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
After the attacks, Charles led a campaign to ensure the families and dependants of victims of the attacks were fairly compensated.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Suddenly, Leonard was a richly compensated endorser of a wireless company, a scoreboard manufacturer and an insurance firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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
It was a good brew, and Pippin found himself more than compensated for missing the Golden Perch.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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
Then there are ideas for compensating job losers such as wage insurance or “universal basic income.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
It also aims at "compensating all victims of this contamination" in Guadeloupe and Martinique.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
Experts on both sides of the debate worry that compensating patients would lead to profit-seekers inhibiting science by insisting on unrealistic financial agreements or demanding money for tissues used in noncommercial or nonprofit research.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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