Example Sentences

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“Numbers matter in war. So it is difficult actually to reconstitute and constantly move more or fresh troops on the battlefield. But Ukraine’s bravery has been compensating for these deficiencies.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Adam Sobel, a climate scientist at Columbia University, said the new study showed what other studies have shown, that in the Western North Pacific, “aerosol cooling has been compensating for greenhouse gas warming.”

From New York Times • May 11, 2022

Zuckerberg has a long track record of reinventing Facebook and has been compensating for the big blue app’s deceleration for some time.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2022

As it struggles to meet the increased demand, the Pentagon has been compensating by curtailing drone operations in Somalia and Yemen.

From Washington Post • Jan. 4, 2016