compensate
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Pike told Roberts she was deeply sorry for what she did, but did not feel anything she said could compensate for what took place.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
This selectively weakened the cells responsible for driving the disease while normal blood forming stem cells were better able to compensate.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
The legislation also codifies a program to compensate ranchers when they lose livestock to wolves or suffer indirect harm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Will these things adequately compensate people for falling living standards?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
“I see. You would be my Deianira. You would be my bride to compensate for my loss.”
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Madueke goes into central midfield and Bellingham compensates by defending out wide.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
They recruit a bass player named Bill Perks, who compensates for his lack of blues knowledge by bringing along an enormous amplifier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 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
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
Suddenly, Leonard was a richly compensated endorser of a wireless company, a scoreboard manufacturer and an insurance firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
TotalEnergies says "strict measures have been taken to avoid, mitigate and offset" the impact on local environments and that it has compensated 99 percent of displaced households.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Right now, I think we are being more than compensated.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
However the institute notes that was compensated by strong growth from other taxes, namely a hike in VAT and corporate profits tax.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
It was a good brew, and Pippin found himself more than compensated for missing the Golden Perch.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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
He had learned to keep his whip idle, compensating by riding with somewhat longer stirrups that allowed him to urge horses gently with his lower legs.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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