compromise
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Did you compromise your femininity in any way?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Ireland's Europe minister Thomas Byrne said on Tuesday it was possible "if compromise can be found".
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
He said he had encountered people willing to compromise, but others who found it more difficult.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
He certainly doesn’t understand compromise or the importance of local issues.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
As a compromise, I put on a pair of jeans from the bag.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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Understanding these compromises could also lead to improvements in aviation technology, particularly drones and other robotic aircraft that use flapping wings.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
To keep the Duo thin and lightweight, Apple made modest hardware compromises on its camera array.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
He explained that two possible compromises had been considered.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
“For the BND and for me, there can be no compromises regarding internal security. None of my goals or priorities are being called into question by this incident.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The Adams-Jefferson rivalry and friendship is the outstanding example here, though there are several crucial moments when critical compromises were brokered because personal trust made it possible.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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To mitigate the risk of being compromised, "there is no clear structure" to the work, he said, adding he had never met and did not know the identity of others he had been working alongside.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The district at first played down the harm from compromised information.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Puerto has framed the suit as a way of fighting back against laws that she feels have compromised the future she wanted to give herself and her children.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Stupnikov slipped away and buried the compromised device—one of three in his possession—in the garden of the house where he was billeted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
“I shall write to you first,” she said, accepting it, “so that you don’t feel compromised in any way.”
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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The White House denied compromising public safety, and no evidence established that political access changed the FDA’s findings.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
Crucially, tests showed that the coated mitochondria continued producing energy, demonstrating that the process could modify their surfaces without compromising this essential function.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass also condemned the president for potentially compromising the safety of their cities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
And so, compromising on the ideal of mechanized proof, researchers developed Interactive Theorem Provers: Mathematicians propose a formal argument, and the program checks whether it is correct and under what conditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Explain that he wanted her to get something really nice for herself, but that his gift-giving was compromising her.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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