compensating

Example Sentences

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Yet there are more than enough compensating pleasures.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The findings suggest the brain may be compensating in women in ways that help maintain cognitive performance earlier in the disease.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

The hard part for Qualcomm is compensating elsewhere.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

"They have a large wealth, they should probably be compensating these survivors for the horrors that have taken place," he added.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Experts on both sides of the debate worry that compensating patients would lead to profit-seekers inhibiting science by insisting on unrealistic financial agreements or demanding money for tissues used in noncommercial or nonprofit research.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot