compromise
Example Sentences
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A compromise on nuclear enrichment could have shored up the regime.
But the regulator said that state driver’s licensing agencies don’t have the ability to verify foreign drivers’ histories and that this “compromises the agency’s ability to ensure the safety fitness for drivers.”
They are "starting to act as if the route is compromised", he said.
From Barron's
However, it also notes that mountaineers "should be prepared to make compromises in order to balance the needs and abilities of all the group".
From BBC
Iran appeared to show an openness to compromises that it had rejected outright in the past.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
