compensate
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Plus, surging labor and input costs have left mom-and-pop convenience stores with no choice but to raise fuel prices to compensate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
In 2022, a Dutch court ordered the Netherlands to compensate the relatives of victims of a deadly airstrike in Afghanistan in 2007 that was deemed unlawful.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The bill would compensate community solar developers and customers at a rate that advocates say more accurately accounts for the savings solar brings to the grid, especially on hot days when the system is stressed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
They argued that the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government "assumed massive rises in council tax" in their areas to compensate for cuts to central government funding when publishing its Local Government Finance Settlement.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
My pot-roast slice was not terribly moist but the gravy could compensate.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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Madueke goes into central midfield and Bellingham compensates by defending out wide.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Genco once again rejected that claim Tuesday, saying it remains willing to again meet with Diana “if and when they submit an offer that adequately compensates shareholders for the full underlying value of Genco’s assets.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Spotify’s history in the music industry is complex, and it has previously faced some criticism over how it compensates artists whose songs stream on its platform.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
In other words, when incoming visual signals are reduced, the brain compensates by pulling stored images and experiences from memory.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 15, 2026
However, musically, it is quite advanced in that as you gradually silence the letter of the word B-I-N-G-O, the brain compensates for the missing pitch and rhythm using the inner ear.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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Uber drivers are compensated at varying rates in different countries, and many have complained of not receiving adequate compensation for their work and the use of their vehicles.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Right now, I think we are being more than compensated.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
The state's premier Chris Minns said on Saturday: "We want those guns handed in, compensated for and safely destroyed."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
“PG&E’s objectives remain unchanged: safely and reliably serve our customers, ensure wildfire victims are compensated quickly and fairly, and protect customer affordability,” PG&E said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Drave was being compensated for his time, just like everyone else.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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"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
Then there are ideas for compensating job losers such as wage insurance or “universal basic income.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
It also aims at "compensating all victims of this contamination" in Guadeloupe and Martinique.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
However, supervisors said that the responsibility for compensating affected residents likely rests with GKN.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
FitzRoy’s volumes did not get as positive a reception as Charles’s, so the publisher released Darwin’s volume as a separate book without telling him or compensating him financially.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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