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compromise

[kom-pruh-mahyz] / ˈkɒm prəˌmaɪz /






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At a tense board meeting, Mashburn chastised California Forever for the rush but voted to endorse a compromise bill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

He said he had encountered people willing to compromise, but others who found it more difficult.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

He certainly doesn’t understand compromise or the importance of local issues.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

But a single term in the Indiana General Assembly from 1884 to 1886, with its demands for legislative compromise, frustrated him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Marriage is one long fit of compromise, deep and wide.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

“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

I’ve been testing Android versions from Samsung and Google since 2019, and those early editions came with too much screen and too many compromises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

She’s tested Android versions from Samsung and Google since 2019, finding that early editions came with too much screen and too many compromises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

But he admitted both sides would have to make compromises to narrow the differences between them.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

University conferences and professional committees worried over the conflicts and compromises presented by academic profit seeking.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

They added that there was no sign that police systems had been breached or department data compromised.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

The BND said Tuesday it never compromised on internal security.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

This “compromised the city’s initial and extended response, and further compromised the region” as other fire departments picked up the slack, the report found.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

She said, if her husband had not caught scabies, then "possibly his immune system wouldn't have been compromised and he possibly would be able to fight off the pneumonia that he caught In the end".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

He was developing a specialty in how people become experts and how they acquire skills, and how those skills get compromised.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass also condemned the president for potentially compromising the safety of their cities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Some long-time admirers of Mapfumo, who arrived in Harare on the eve of the helicopter crash, accused him on social media of compromising his principles, though this was denied by the 81-year-old musician.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Cells must also be physically capable of changing shape, applying force and wrapping around dead material without compromising themselves or the surrounding tissue.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026

What level of spending today leaves a high enough probability that you can make the California move later, without compromising your retirement?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

It could be compromising our ability to make decisions.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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