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compromise

[kom-pruh-mahyz] / ˈkɒm prəˌmaɪz /






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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

I ask my classes to think of the most aggressive professional compromise they have made in the past few years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Hinds was a big, sometimes difficult personality, with an easy laugh and a large tribal tattoo across his face, plus a general unwillingness to compromise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

He certainly doesn’t understand compromise or the importance of local issues.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

I was looking for a safe space where I could be social but I didn’t want “being social” to involve anything that would compromise my faith.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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

Some teams and drivers prefer not to use the system because of two key compromises.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The newspaper said the parties have discussed compromises, including agreeing to keep Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. film studios separate for a period of time rather than immediately collapsing them into one unit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

University conferences and professional committees worried over the conflicts and compromises presented by academic profit seeking.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Fielder says A24 reluctantly agreed, leaving him worried that the integrity of the project may have been compromised.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

If no number was given, Karpenko would know his source had been compromised.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

But months later, in an email in May seen by the BBC, SOS board chair Domenico Parisi told staff that the investigation had been "compromised" and would not be shared internally or released publicly.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

However, if the bacilli become active—when someone’s immune system is compromised, as with AIDS—they multiply rapidly into a bone-eating, lung-consuming illness that, unless treated, is fatal.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

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

But she says that this has been achieved without compromising on quality which is what keeps M&S's core audience on board.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

A system capable of finding unexpected pathways out of a constrained environment and compromising an outside organization presents a real security problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

What level of spending today leaves a high enough probability that you can make the California move later, without compromising your retirement?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

The first, which will perhaps become increasingly important in an inquisitive age which professes to still value privacy, makes it possible to obtain sensitive information about a group of people without compromising any person’s privacy.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos


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