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compensate

[kom-puhn-seyt] / ˈkɒm pənˌseɪt /




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The results suggest that combining pollen from different plants and then processing it through nurse bees may allow honeybee colonies to compensate for the nutritional shortcomings of individual pollen sources.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

To help compensate for taking on that extra risk over time, investors demand a higher premium, thus pushing yields higher.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

And, of course, as we age, our balance becomes compromised — we’re less able to compensate for vestibular system weaknesses as our vision declines and our sense of touch deteriorates.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

For years, the government has helped compensate banks and payment firms for providing a service that has effectively been treated as public infrastructure.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

‘The religious sentiment will compensate us for all our losses.’

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

His payment of $74,330 will go into the Lacey Act Reward Fund, which compensates tipsters who report wildlife crimes, federal authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 25, 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

And he compensates for Mr. Sanders’s silence by having “hundreds of hours of conversation with dozens of individuals”—including Bernie’s loquacious older brother, Larry.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 29, 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

Murrill’s opposition doesn’t necessarily mean that Brooks and other exonerees won’t eventually be compensated.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

Doctors shouldn’t be compensated based on their referrals, for instance, CMS says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

In negotiations it has wanted to ensure that the tens of thousands of civil servants that its government employed in Gaza prior to the war should be compensated or given new jobs.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

“And if inflation is going to be higher for longer, then you need to be compensated for that.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

She compensated for this handicap by developing a memory on which was indelibly stamped everything she had ever heard or seen or experienced.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

"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 is compensating for the stagnant auto market by making power-chip solutions and optical cable for data centers.

From Barron's Jun. 2, 2026

“Creators make their living generating content. The campaign believes in compensating people for their time and work product and has paid creators to generate content,” Liao said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2026

The findings suggest the brain may be compensating in women in ways that help maintain cognitive performance earlier in the disease.

From MarketWatch Apr. 13, 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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