compensating

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Yet there are more than enough compensating pleasures.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The findings suggest the brain may be compensating in women in ways that help maintain cognitive performance earlier in the disease.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Their strength is compensating for the weakness in tech.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

When federal policies impose fiscal, administrative or manpower burdens on states and localities, there should be a way of compensating them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Emmer wheat, however, has compensating virtues: it can be gathered more efficiently than barley, and it is unusual among cereals in that its seeds do not adhere to husks.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond