compensation
Example Sentences
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We’re all familiar with workplace efficiency, where every task must beat the clock and “skill and creativity” are reduced to “repetitive, monotonous tasks, without the beautiful compensation of singing along.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
About 15,000 drivers have been given the go ahead to pursue a compensation claim against Arnold Clark after a dark web data breach.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
But the correlation between the banks’ size and management compensation far and away exceeds other variables.
From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026
Some in South Korea feared GM would slash production or even pull out, but the two sides reached a deal in September that included higher compensation and incentives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
For others perhaps it is compensation for not being allowed to have children: “Be my son or my daughter for a year, and I will give you power over life and death.”
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing compensation
The Bill of Rights
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"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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"The Monkey's Paw," Vocabulary from the short story
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