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compromise

[kom-pruh-mahyz] / ˈkɒm prəˌmaɪz /






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Compromise on this issue may not be insurmountable, but it would require a level of trust between two neighbouring states when none exists.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

With federal troop withdrawal as part of the Compromise of 1877 to make Rutherford Hayes president, Reconstruction-era optimism ended.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 27, 2025

Compromise and consensus — the animating creeds of our commonweal — have ebbed away.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025

And so, first of all, we minimized the slavery controversy which convulsed the nation from the Missouri Compromise down to the Civil War.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025

The headline for a single-column story on slavery was often long and complex: “Northern and Southern Democrats—Southern Control —The Territorial Slavery Question—Its present Position and Future Prospects— Compromise Necessary, &c.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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