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compensate

[kom-puhn-seyt] / ˈkɒm pənˌseɪt /




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The lawsuit filed Monday focuses on how AI products use and compensate for artists’ name, image and likeness—rather than the copyrighted music itself.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

In 2022, a Dutch court ordered the Netherlands to compensate the relatives of victims of a deadly airstrike in Afghanistan in 2007 that was deemed unlawful.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

The bill would compensate community solar developers and customers at a rate that advocates say more accurately accounts for the savings solar brings to the grid, especially on hot days when the system is stressed.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

They argued that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government "assumed massive rises in council tax" in their areas to compensate for cuts to central government funding when publishing its Local Government Finance Settlement.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The Chicano roots she had rejected had refused to shrivel and die; the culture she had hoped to adopt had refused to compensate.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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

From BBC Jun. 18, 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

Fortune is among the publishers Perplexity compensates for the use of its content.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 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

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

The question is whether you are being sufficiently compensated for taking that risk.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 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

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

"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

Many are already running at very high utilization rates to meet demand while compensating for disruptions in the Middle East and Russia, leaving little spare capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 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

“Creators make their living generating content. The campaign believes in compensating people for their time and work product and has paid creators to generate content,” Liao said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 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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