Example Sentences

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Wrighster didn’t respond to questions about whether he had compensated anyone in connection with Bell.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

But the project drew criticism after it was revealed that Furst had compensated McFarland to license materials used in the film.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2023

In November, the company's CEO Roland Harings told Reuters that strong growth in copper demand from the renewables and electric vehicles sectors had compensated for a fall in demand from the construction sector.

From Reuters • Dec. 20, 2022

Aiello had proposed that our ancestors had compensated for those expensive brains by evolving smaller guts and other organs.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 16, 2022

He had always been restless in his demeanour when he was not awkwardly stiff, but formerly his good looks had compensated for his defective training.

From Countess Erika's Apprenticeship by Schubin, Ossip