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compromise

[kom-pruh-mahyz] / ˈkɒm prəˌmaɪz /






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My father drew a line when he wrote in the New York Times in 2001: “To compromise on territory might seem, under certain conditions, imperative. . . . But to compromise on history is impossible.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Ireland's Europe minister Thomas Byrne said on Tuesday it was possible "if compromise can be found".

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 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

But the fact that she couldn’t meet me halfway, that she couldn’t compromise with me, is selfish.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Understanding these compromises could also lead to improvements in aviation technology, particularly drones and other robotic aircraft that use flapping wings.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

To keep the Duo thin and lightweight, Apple made modest hardware compromises on its camera array.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

He didn’t want to do it too much in Los Angeles, because it compromises roster flexibility.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

We would have to learn to co-operate with each other—to make compromises.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

To mitigate the risk of being compromised, "there is no clear structure" to the work, he said, adding he had never met and did not know the identity of others he had been working alongside.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

And regardless of who should take more of the blame, the result was the same: a compromised version of Ohtani entered the postseason.

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

Stupnikov slipped away and buried the compromised device—one of three in his possession—in the garden of the house where he was billeted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The long journey has compromised the Collective’s physical state.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

By modifying the specific features of statin molecules that interfere with muscle proteins, scientists may be able to reduce unwanted effects without compromising the drugs' ability to control cholesterol.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

The White House denied compromising public safety, and no evidence established that political access changed the FDA’s findings.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

And so, compromising on the ideal of mechanized proof, researchers developed Interactive Theorem Provers: Mathematicians propose a formal argument, and the program checks whether it is correct and under what conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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

She didn’t seem to know it was Julie—of course Katharina Habicht would have kept her real identity hidden to avoid compromising anyone.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein


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