compromise
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Ireland's Europe minister Thomas Byrne said on Tuesday it was possible "if compromise can be found".
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
“The continuum is where the compromise can exist,” Scharp says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
He certainly doesn’t understand compromise or the importance of local issues.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
You can still buy homes under $1 million in Los Angeles, but you’ll have to be smarter about your search, widen your location preference and prepare to compromise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Mary Church Terrell, an Oberlin College graduate who was active in the civil rights movement, accepted Paul’s compromise.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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Both Samsung and Google pack dedicated triple-camera setups or ultra-high megapixel sensors into their foldables, whereas Apple makes modest hardware compromises on its camera array to keep the Duo thin and lightweight.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
To keep the Duo thin and lightweight, Apple made modest hardware compromises on its camera array.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
They simply don’t absorb the central lesson of the course: how ethical compromises become justified under pressure and eventually become routine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Some teams and drivers prefer not to use the system because of two key compromises.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
We would have to learn to co-operate with each other—to make compromises.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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Puerto has framed the suit as a way of fighting back against laws that she feels have compromised the future she wanted to give herself and her children.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
The star attraction and current cleanup batter, Shohei Ohtani, is compromised by injuries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
But career stress led to a volatile temper that compromised relationships with my mother, Diana, and my younger brother, Joel, and me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
"At this time, we have not found any indications that our data environment has been compromised."
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
"He'll get to orbit," Johanssen said, "but the intercept course may be compromised."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass also condemned the president for potentially compromising the safety of their cities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Some long-time admirers of Mapfumo, who arrived in Harare on the eve of the helicopter crash, accused him on social media of compromising his principles, though this was denied by the 81-year-old musician.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Cells must also be physically capable of changing shape, applying force and wrapping around dead material without compromising themselves or the surrounding tissue.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026
Then, he says, you should think about how much you can afford to give to make sure you’re not compromising your own financial security to help your family member.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
He got into the history books on his day off, when he thought he was compromising himself.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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