- present participle of compensate.
compensating
Example Sentences
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They are all issues World Athletics has sought to begin addressing with the biennial Ultimate Championship, while also compensating the athletes with record prize money.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Like any naturalist, Ms. Korsgaard discovers a compensating principle—namely, that when you go looking for one wonder, you tend to find others you weren’t expecting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
"The nervous system adopts a safety-first approach, compensating for age-related changes by favoring stability over performance," says Associate Professor Immink, Lead of the Active Lives Research Program within the Caring Futures Institute at Flinders University.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
It is also compensating customs duties on fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers exported to the EU.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
They had been compensating for it by aiming our rockets at a small angle against whatever direction the wind was coming.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
