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compensate

[kom-puhn-sayt] / ˈkɒm pənˌseɪt /




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Our staffer @vanessafranko does pen and ink drawings to compensate when artists don’t let us take their photo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

"I had hoped SOS would apologise and offer support, to compensate me for the harm they caused by separating me from my family," Omama Ghbeis said.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Average prices should be way down to compensate.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

The stakes are also high for President Xi Jinping, however, with China heavily reliant on exports to compensate for its weak domestic economy.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

‘The religious sentiment will compensate us for all our losses.’

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

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

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

The Franco-German deal scraps the latter requirement stating that residual emissions should not have to be compensated by manufacturers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

“You’re not getting compensated in the classic sense for going out on the risk spectrum.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

“Those are areas where you’ve really got to think about: Am I getting compensated sufficiently for the risk that I’m taking, that specific credit risk that I’m taking in those regions?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

The Times asked the center’s attorney if Troupe was compensated for work outside of his board duties, but she did not respond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Rutherford, however, compensated with his own blustery good will: “He’s a brash young man,” he told Oliphant after Lawrence departed, “but he’ll learn!”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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

Like any naturalist, Ms. Korsgaard discovers a compensating principle—namely, that when you go looking for one wonder, you tend to find others you weren’t expecting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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

It is also compensating customs duties on fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers exported to the EU.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

He had learned to keep his whip idle, compensating by riding with somewhat longer stirrups that allowed him to urge horses gently with his lower legs.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand


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