compensate
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Cerutti, whose farm is an EU-certified protected area, is looking to compensate the lost earnings from the sacrificed paddies by hosting schools and academics, and offering guest accommodation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Average prices should be way down to compensate.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Pike told Roberts she was deeply sorry for what she did, but did not feel anything she said could compensate for what took place.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The legislation also codifies a program to compensate ranchers when they lose livestock to wolves or suffer indirect harm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
The Chicano roots she had rejected had refused to shrivel and die; the culture she had hoped to adopt had refused to compensate.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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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
Madueke goes into central midfield and Bellingham compensates by defending out wide.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 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
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 remaining 10 percent would have had to be compensated for through various credits obtained among other things by using low-carbon steel.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
“Those are areas where you’ve really got to think about: Am I getting compensated sufficiently for the risk that I’m taking, that specific credit risk that I’m taking in those regions?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 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
Here are five questions to ask a potential adviser: How are you compensated, and can you show me that in writing?
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
I compensated by driving more carefully than usual through the still-sleeping town.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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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
"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
Then there are ideas for compensating job losers such as wage insurance or “universal basic income.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 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
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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