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compromise

[kom-pruh-mahyz] / ˈkɒm prəˌmaɪz /






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In the end, a compromise was agreed, and this conclusion was attributed to "our investigators who have dealt directly with him and studied his background".

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

Enforcement was lackluster, however, and legislative compromise killed a promising assessment to determine whether local Head Start programs were producing learning gains among their wee charges.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

The compromise reached seemed solid enough to call in the remaining members of the supervisory board later that day to seal an early deal.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

You might even find that spending several months a year in California is the perfect compromise.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

The "–cene" terminations were thus something of a compromise.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

She’s tested Android versions from Samsung and Google since 2019, finding that early editions came with too much screen and too many compromises.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Gasly was never going to hold on to the lead, and the Alpine's lack of pace after his stunning qualifying performance, aided by compromises elsewhere, soon began to tell.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

Phil music director, remains the Bowl, a fabulous gathering place but one of musical compromises along with exaltation.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Potential compromises: Housing prices are rising in the most desirable neighborhoods.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

His arguments for a fortified national government became the centerpiece around which all the compromises and revisions of the eventual document congealed, giving him the honorary title of “Father of the Constitution.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

But that fast running aspect has been compromised by the storms that lashed the layout on Wednesday.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases has issued similar warnings for people with compromised livers and recommends that those with liver disease avoid nonalcoholic beverages.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

But its unprecedented growth also invited challenges of "newly imposed taxes and duties, compromised sustainability, privacy and copyright practices and competition", he added.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

The Berlin cyber-attack comes roughly a month before the city holds elections, though state senator Iris Spranger insisted that election infrastructure had not been compromised.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

It’s a risk for countless reasons, the worst being that there’s always a possibility that it Julie has been caught, she may have already compromised the name.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

“The most important thing is him being as healthy as possible, not compromising his swing, and kind of bet on that,” Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

I hope I can retire earlier without compromising my lifestyle or long-term security.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

"We believe that these changes will... help dilute the effect of a mobilised block vote, without compromising fairness or trust," according to the letter, which was first reported by Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, external.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

These compromising revelations were consistent with remarks Davis had made previously to reporters.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

At the Rad Lab, Wilson contributed ingenious improvements to the cyclotron, among them a rubber gasket allowing probes to be inserted and withdrawn from the chamber without compromising the vacuum.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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