compromise

Example Sentences

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He said he hopes the Bureau of Reclamation will heed the state’s call for compromise “to avoid another massive salmon kill.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Since at least the Obama administration, the U.S. had been largely focused on defensive measures to protect elections, like multifactor authentication and encryption, which make it harder to compromise systems in the first place.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

With much of Iran’s pre-war leadership dead, Washington is grappling with the possibility that the country’s new leaders may be even less disposed to compromise.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

However, since those first few weeks of the conflict, risk assets have rallied powerfully in expectation of some kind of negotiated compromise between the warring parties and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Henry refused to compromise; he left school, abandoned his plans to become a clergyman, and took a job as an agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling