- present tense form of compromise (3rd person singular).
- plural of compromise.
compromises
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Juliette Landry, a researcher at French sustainable development think tank IDDRI, recalled that before the recent political "disaster", Latin American and Caribbean countries were "very ambitious" participants that sought compromises at the 2022 biodiversity summit.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Understanding these compromises could also lead to improvements in aviation technology, particularly drones and other robotic aircraft that use flapping wings.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
To keep the Duo thin and lightweight, Apple made modest hardware compromises on its camera array.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
“It’s really hard to figure out how to get millions of people to pay to watch something, and that challenge leads to all kinds of compromises and sacrifices.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Human lives are priceless in many ways, but in order to reach reasonable compromises, we must, in effect, place a finite economic value on them.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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