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compensate

[kom-puhn-seyt] / ˈkɒm pənˌseɪt /




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The nearly $1.8 billion fund would compensate people who feel they’ve been unfairly targeted by the Department of Justice.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

Even a multimillion-dollar payout pool cannot compensate for what they see as a fundamentally unfair adjudicative process.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

In early 2022, after more than a year of underreporting customs values, First Brands paid the Chinese subsidiary a $40 million lump sum to compensate for the artificially depressed payments, the lawsuit said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

Although aggressive succession systems are often considered too costly to last, the study suggests they can still work if some individuals compensate by maintaining essential tasks.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

He wondered if his talents had failed him, if he had, in trying to compensate for months of undertraining, thrown too much work at his horse at once.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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