compensate
Example Sentences
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The wealthy know this and try to compensate in everything from their philanthropy to visiting grocery stores now and then to learn the price of ground chuck.
Americans have turned to credit to compensate for sluggish wage growth for decades.
From Barron's
"We ask God to compensate us with palaces in paradise", said Ibtisam al-Ajouz, a displaced camp resident whose house was also set to be destroyed.
From Barron's
Soon afterward, Soboroff told an audience that he had been “lied to” about whether he would be compensated.
From Los Angeles Times
The Times had to compensate for ambiguities and apparent data entry errors, often by taking into account freehand notes on a permit that painted a clearer picture of the project.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
