compensation
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The Overton window for acceptable AI use in Hollywood continues to widen as Hollywood actors, television hosts, and influencers embrace cloning with protections and compensation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Mamdani agrees that school aides deserve pay hikes, Stone said, but he needs to hold the line on the traditional process for setting compensation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
On Thursday, the Danish parliament agreed that women affected by the forced contraception campaign can claim compensation from Copenhagen, an initiative pushed by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen who presented Denmark's official apology last year.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
But it is expected that owners will be offered compensation which, at a minimum, would be equivalent to the value of each property before the evacuation.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
I suppose it would have been possible to go on living near the Sleepers, but it would have meant paying an expensive compensation to them—money Father did not want to pay.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
But all the compensations, all the progress anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
Edinburgh Employment Tribunal ruled that PC Jones should be awarded compensations of £24,800 and PC Tunnock should receive £23,824.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2025
Naqvi said the compensations would be completed within the next 48 hours and said that authorities have begun to repair the churches.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
It will also take additional costs related to stock-based compensations, which it said cannot be estimated at the time.
From Reuters ● Apr. 27, 2023
“Oh, you will. You’ll want to grow up like all the other girls. Anyway, there’s compensations for a settled form.”
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing compensation
The Bill of Rights
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"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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"The Monkey's Paw," Vocabulary from the short story
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