- present participle of compensate.
compensating
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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 also aims at "compensating all victims of this contamination" in Guadeloupe and Martinique.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
The Captain seated himself carefully, and compensating for the tremor in his hands, slowly lifted his own cup to his mouth and took a long sip.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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