compensate
Example Sentences
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Auto makers will have to “compensate” for the 10% of fleet emissions allowed under this rule by using allegedly low-carbon steel produced in Europe, for instance.
Money doesn't compensate for a father who, in his mid-90s, decided to rip his family apart because he believed it was in the interests of his business.
From BBC
"The UN will not be able to compensate for the collapse of INGOs' operations if they are de-registered, and the humanitarian response cannot be replaced by alternative actors operating outside established humanitarian principles."
From BBC
Any appeal would be heard and decided by one of three jointly appointed and compensated hearing officers: Derrick Brooks, Ramon Foster or Jordy Nelson.
From Los Angeles Times
The show and its scholarly, generously illustrated catalog, with essays by the curators, will help to compensate for that absence.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
