compromise
Example Sentences
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Doctors had warned a prolonged use of the life support system might have compromised his lungs, liver and kidneys.
From BBC
I don’t think that compromising gets you anywhere.
"Children's rights are being compromised, and their needs don't disappear - they escalate when unsupported," she says.
From BBC
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
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