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compensate for
verb as in cancel
Strong matches
verb as in countervail
Weak match
verb as in neutralize
verb as in repair
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in right
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Residential properties exposed to flood risk are overwhelmingly overvalued, especially in coastal areas, the researchers warn, as property price discounts do not compensate for the additional insurance costs payable.
Professor Myles Allen, of the University of Oxford's Department of Physics, who led the study, summarises: "We are already counting on forests and oceans to mop up our past emissions, most of which came from burning stuff we dug out of the ground. We can't expect them to compensate for future emissions as well. By mid-century, any carbon that still comes out of the ground will have to go back down, to permanent storage. That's Geological Net Zero."
The authors stress the importance of protecting and maintaining natural carbon sinks while accepting that doing so cannot compensate for ongoing fossil fuel use.
The team hopes these findings bring attention to the high rates of emergency care visits driven by unmet needs -- a public health issue that is not well documented -- and encourage researchers, healthcare providers, policymakers, and reproductive health advocates to envision ways to strengthen or compensate for traditional prenatal care that falls short of meeting pregnant patients' health needs.
A couple of years getting started with class-based policies can’t compensate for 40 years of the opposite.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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