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compensate

[kom-puhn-seyt] / ˈkɒm pənˌseɪt /




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Instead of simply eating more pollen to compensate for missing nutrients, bees may reduce their intake when another nutrient becomes excessive.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

To help compensate for taking on that extra risk over time, investors demand a higher premium, thus pushing yields higher.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

And, of course, as we age, our balance becomes compromised — we’re less able to compensate for vestibular system weaknesses as our vision declines and our sense of touch deteriorates.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

As a result, it is making some changes to compensate for the 6.8-gigawatt shortfall while limiting rate hikes on other ratepayers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Gerry then presented his own personal estimate of the revenue required to compensate the slave owners for purchasing their slaves at current market value and came up with the figure of $10 million.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Sanjay Kumar, a senior official in the Telangana state government, said it compensates people for land and runs its own efforts to improve skills and provide loans for new businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

Spotify’s history in the music industry is complex, and it has previously faced some criticism over how it compensates artists whose songs stream on its platform.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 15, 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

However, musically, it is quite advanced in that as you gradually silence the letter of the word B-I-N-G-O, the brain compensates for the missing pitch and rhythm using the inner ear.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

The state's premier Chris Minns said on Saturday: "We want those guns handed in, compensated for and safely destroyed."

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

“PG&E’s objectives remain unchanged: safely and reliably serve our customers, ensure wildfire victims are compensated quickly and fairly, and protect customer affordability,” PG&E said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

“Uncertainties are piling up,” he noted, and the bond market expects to get compensated for it.

From MarketWatch Jul. 26, 2026

Costco staffers are compensated far above the retail industry average, and the company’s CEO, Ron Vachris, started on the warehouse floor as a forklift operator.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

To Madison, the only viable plan was gradual, compensated emancipation.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

"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

A monetary framework that lets falling production costs show up as lower prices for consumers, rather than offsetting them with compensating stimulus, has intellectual support and is worth discussing.

From MarketWatch May 8, 2026

Were you ever able to stop compensating for your height?

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

They had been compensating for it by aiming our rockets at a small angle against whatever direction the wind was coming.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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