compensate for
Example Sentences
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Even a multimillion-dollar payout pool cannot compensate for what they see as a fundamentally unfair adjudicative process.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
Support ships carrying supplies or repair crews are commissioned from the shore—at a hefty price, because of the remote location, and to compensate for the sanctions risks that come with servicing the shadow fleet.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Investors are underestimating the inflationary threat to both stock and bond markets, and yields must rise to compensate for that risk, say strategists at the hedge fund Zweig-DiMenna.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov had said after meeting Xi in April that Russia could "compensate" for China's energy shortages as the Middle East war hits global supplies.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Neither his physical stature nor his age, however, could compensate for his lengthy absence abroad throughout the great constitutional reforms of the late 1780s.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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