compensate

Example Sentences

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The administrators have won a key non-wage concession: a recognition of a 40-hour work week, with flex time off to compensate for weeks of more than 40 hours.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

And the higher expected returns on equities merely compensate for the risk that will be borne by the taxpayers — a huge and risky financial maneuver with very little payoff.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

It has suction systems to compensate for microgravity.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

The surcharges on international routes don’t compensate for the jump in jet-fuel prices, and the company continues to absorb a significant share of the increased cost, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

He was a tragic outcast who lived on the margins, but he tried to compensate by pretending to have inside knowledge about all sorts of mysteries.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson