compensated

Example Sentences

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But this is rare, and when it happens, ranchers should be compensated.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

We can’t truly know the ERP unless we know what the market will return, and if we knew that, we wouldn’t have to fiddle with theoreticals about whether we’re being compensated enough.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

He urges consumers to ask their advisers, “How are you compensated and incentivized?” before accepting their recommendation to buy a particular financial product.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

However, some individual consumers, who were hit by the tariffs indirectly through higher prices, are not expected to be compensated.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

To Madison, the only viable plan was gradual, compensated emancipation.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis