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compensate

[kom-puhn-sayt] / ˈkɒm pənˌseɪt /




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With London under pressure to formally apologise for its pivotal part in the trade and compensate Caribbean nations, he pledged to have "difficult conversations to safeguard the Commonwealth for the future".

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

Campaigns try to team up with and sometimes compensate key content creators, as their endorsement can often hit harder than traditional political ads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Although these approaches can help compensate for degradation or shield the surface, they also introduce additional material.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Lee called the results a “bad combination,” adding that “the continued cash burn gets harder to justify without monetization or the core business growing to compensate for it.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 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

To counteract the problem, the team created a calibration method that compensates for these unwanted shifts.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

The question is whether the additional business compensates for the lower price and any extra infrastructure required.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

His payment of $74,330 will go into the Lacey Act Reward Fund, which compensates tipsters who report wildlife crimes, federal authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 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

"Compatriots who are now going through a difficult time as a result of the financial collapse will be fully compensated," said Alliana, who will serve as President until 2028.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Community hospitals have increasingly dumped costly patients on the state’s academic medical centers, which haven’t been fully compensated for the additional load and which typically are short of beds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The researchers examined whether the spiders displayed "sleep rebound," meaning they compensated for interrupted sleep by increasing their subsequent sleep.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

The remaining 10 percent would have had to be compensated for through various credits obtained among other things by using low-carbon steel.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

There were neighbors to be apologized to and damages to be compensated for with money that Anthony couldn’t spare.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

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

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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