- present participle of compensate.
compensating
Example Sentences
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“Creators make their living generating content. The campaign believes in compensating people for their time and work product and has paid creators to generate content,” Liao said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
The method gives the rescuer stability and a better position for good quality CPR by allowing the arms to be bent and compensating for reduced body weight in low gravity.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 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
“Targeted government policies can help smooth the shock by reducing energy demand and compensating lower-income households,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Yet the compression brings a compensating benefit: long-term comparisons of regions yield insights that cannot be won from short-term studies of single societies.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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