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compensate

[kom-puhn-seyt] / ˈkɒm pənˌseɪt /




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The nearly $1.8 billion fund would compensate people who feel they’ve been unfairly targeted by the Department of Justice.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

Even a multimillion-dollar payout pool cannot compensate for what they see as a fundamentally unfair adjudicative process.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

In early 2022, after more than a year of underreporting customs values, First Brands paid the Chinese subsidiary a $40 million lump sum to compensate for the artificially depressed payments, the lawsuit said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

One of Starship's engines also malfunctioned, which forced a slightly longer burn from the remaining five to compensate.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

To compensate for this imbalance, he said, magic existed as a third and powerful force.

From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba




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