compensate
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But Tuesday’s 136-129 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers reinforced that even one of the best offensive backcourts in the league can totally compensate for a championship-winning defense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Lee called the results a “bad combination,” adding that “the continued cash burn gets harder to justify without monetization or the core business growing to compensate for it.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Although these approaches can help compensate for degradation or shield the surface, they also introduce additional material.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
It said it is also taking steps to compensate owners for the fair market value of their stolen cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
This may do a little to compensate for our hurt feelings.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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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
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
MPs heard the Horizon Shortfall Scheme, which compensates some victims, was "broken".
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 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
Likewise, insurance policies with broad coverage which compensates for any mishap are apt to be cheaper in the long run than insurance for a particular disease or a particular trip.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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The researchers examined whether the spiders displayed "sleep rebound," meaning they compensated for interrupted sleep by increasing their subsequent sleep.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
The Franco-German deal scraps the latter requirement stating that residual emissions should not have to be compensated by manufacturers.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 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
Ask, in writing, how he and his firm are compensated if you invest — commissions, placement or referral fees, management fees, carried interest or other compensation.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
"That isn't the problem, my boy. You just aren't prepared for work under our industrial conditions. Later, perhaps, but not now. And remember, you'll be adequately compensated for your experience."
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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"For now, the growth of employment and wages are compensating for the negative impact of the rise in the cost of living," Aznar told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
“I believe in compensating people fairly, even my friends.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 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
Even in places where the direct cost-benefit analysis between taxes and government services may have seemed poor, there were other compensating qualities that state and local policy weren’t caustic enough to destroy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Experts on both sides of the debate worry that compensating patients would lead to profit-seekers inhibiting science by insisting on unrealistic financial agreements or demanding money for tissues used in noncommercial or nonprofit research.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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