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compensate

[kom-puhn-seyt] / ˈkɒm pənˌseɪt /




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“Every creator we compensate has been and will be publicly disclosed as required by law,” he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

If they ever got to a point where they just agreed we should compensate people, that would have to mean that someone up the chain was like, This was wrong.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

In December, Stormont ministers agreed to ring fence £119m to compensate police officers and civilian staff.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

The government has promised to compensate for the swathes of trees cut down by planting seedlings in Haryana -- a northern state next to New Delhi.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

The Chicano roots she had rejected had refused to shrivel and die; the culture she had hoped to adopt had refused to compensate.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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