compensate
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It is also taking steps to compensate owners for the fair market value of their stolen cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Cherevko said humanitarian aid could save lives but it could not compensate indefinitely for the absence of economic opportunity and public services.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Our staffer @vanessafranko does pen and ink drawings to compensate when artists don’t let us take their photo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
"I had hoped SOS would apologise and offer support, to compensate me for the harm they caused by separating me from my family," Omama Ghbeis said.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
In an attempt to compensate, O’Dell and Sherman leaned the launch rod more than usual against the wind.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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The question is whether the additional business compensates for the lower price and any extra infrastructure required.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Madueke goes into central midfield and Bellingham compensates by defending out wide.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
But “implicit in Peretz’s tales,” Ms. Wisse writes, “is an idea of Jewish moral potency that compensates for Jewish political impotence.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
What it lacks in explosivity and pacing, “The Complex” at times compensates for in tension, tenderness and tenacity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026
She compensates with mascara and turquoise eye shadow, so that her eyes look a bit like two peacock feathers.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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The remaining 10 percent would have had to be compensated for through various credits obtained among other things by using low-carbon steel.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
“You’re not getting compensated in the classic sense for going out on the risk spectrum.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
“Those are areas where you’ve really got to think about: Am I getting compensated sufficiently for the risk that I’m taking, that specific credit risk that I’m taking in those regions?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The Times asked the center’s attorney if Troupe was compensated for work outside of his board duties, but she did not respond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
I’ve compensated by remembering everything about Anatole in the days that followed.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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Meanwhile, a Microsoft researcher told colleagues that compensating content creators is “in the best interest of my employer, of my country, and of many other groups I belong to.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
They are all issues World Athletics has sought to begin addressing with the biennial Ultimate Championship, while also compensating the athletes with record prize money.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
"The nervous system adopts a safety-first approach, compensating for age-related changes by favoring stability over performance," says Associate Professor Immink, Lead of the Active Lives Research Program within the Caring Futures Institute at Flinders University.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
It also aims at "compensating all victims of this contamination" in Guadeloupe and Martinique.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
And I felt that it was the fear of their enemies that made Communists—unconsciously compensating for their fear—fight one another so doggedly and persistently.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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