compensate

Example Sentences

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"These findings suggest that when stroke damage leads to greater movement loss, undamaged regions on the opposite side of the brain may adapt to help compensate," Kim explained.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

But prosecutors told the judge that both could be true: Jeffries has already had $11m in cash seized by the US government and if found guilty, may be ordered to compensate victims.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

In other words, the Fed would offer less support to the bond market by holding fewer securities, but compensate by moving its benchmark federal-funds rate lower.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Private-credit lenders offer higher yields to investors to compensate for the heightened risks.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

One’s magnetic and directional subsenses are all wrong on other planets; when the intellect won’t or can’t compensate for that wrongness, the result is a profound bewilderment, a feeling that everything, literally, has come loose.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin