compromise
Example Sentences
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Not because spices make cheap food merely tolerable, but because they’re often the difference between a meal that feels like compromise and one you genuinely crave again a few days later.
From Salon • May 19, 2026
But it’s worth exploring where exactly a libertarian draws the line between reasonable compromise and abandonment of principle.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
However, since those first few weeks of the conflict, risk assets have rallied powerfully in expectation of some kind of negotiated compromise between the warring parties and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
The Clarity Act, a crypto regulatory framework, advanced after a compromise on stablecoin yield, allowing “rewards” but not yield on idle deposits.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
She wanted to live things—or as a compromise, re-live rather than reminisce.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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