compromise
Example Sentences
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In the Colonial Pipeline attack, Russia-based hackers used a compromised password to gain access to the pipeline’s network, causing fuel shortages and panic buying at gasoline stations.
A remarkable polymath, Goethe himself served as an advisor to Weimar’s Grand Duke, brilliantly balancing political compromises with literature’s highest spiritual callings.
From Los Angeles Times
Earlier talks between the White House, banks, and crypto firms failed to bring a compromise.
From Barron's
“We cannot, beyond a reasonable doubt at this time, know fully how much of those millions were compromised by theft,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
She told MSPs: "I have had no involvement in this case and any suggestion that I am corrupt or my position is compromised I roundly reject."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
