How to Use compensate in a Sentence

compensate

verb
Definition of compensatenext
Synonyms for compensatenext
  • The price of the item has been reduced to compensate for a defect.
  • She was not compensated for the damage done to her car.
  • In addition, the government will compensate farms that lost milk production due to the bird flu virus.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
  • Jones also alleges Combs did not compensate him for his music producing work.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 19 July 2024
  • Tua Tagovailoa hasn’t entered the elite quarterback stratosphere, but that doesn’t mean he shouldn’t be compensated like his peers.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
  • Prices then soar in the evening when solar disappears and grid operators have to increase output from gas plants or hydroelectric dams to compensate.
    — Brad Plumer, New York Times, 6 May 2024
  • France’s unions have warned of a strike during the Games if the government does not adequately compensate people forced to work during summer holidays.
    — Mehmet Guzel and Hyung-Jin Kim, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2024
  • Why did Crow and Anderson agree to compensate an employee who broke the rules, knowingly and repeatedly?
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2024
  • But the gain over time will more than compensate for the near-term pain.
    — Kk Ottesen, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Thin out their top growth to compensate for roots lost in the process.
    — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 26 Jan. 2018
  • The frame’s backing is quite deep, so use a long nail to hang to compensate for the gap.
    — Kate McGregor, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Load up on sugar and salt to compensate for the loss of taste from fat.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The ones that haven’t pulled out are raising their rates to compensate.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
  • This is a big ask off the layoff but 6-to-1 compensates us.
    — Ed Derosa, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2023
  • To compensate, the baker added the chocolate to the dough and the chocolate chip cookie was born.
    — Tyler Carter, Dallas News, 30 July 2021
  • But the value of the time saved by faster pushbacks would more than compensate for that.
    — The Economist, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Hold soil around their roots, and trim their tops back by half after the dig to compensate for the roots that are lost.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Ruppel knew what was at stake and what the Comets had to do to compensate for their loss of seniors.
    — Craig Clary, baltimoresun.com, 11 June 2021
  • Be sure to analyze those risks and find a way to compensate for them on your end.
    — Nate Nead, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • You may be tempted to buy-in to the idea that a good workout can compensate for a bad diet.
    — Hlth Code, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Green wants the Bengals to prove it by compensating him like one.
    — Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, 26 Feb. 2020
  • The good humor and warmth in the room more than compensated for the rainy weather outside.
    — Ruth Sowby Rands, latimes.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Those who may remove the suppressor have to compensate for the added height of the sights when shooting.
    — T. Logan Metesh, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Not even the return of Niles, Daphne, and the rest could have compensated for the loss of the show’s original context.
    — TIME, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Our main reason to keep paying is so that the school can still compensate the staff.
    — Corbett Smith, Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2020
  • But if the brain unit is damaged, the system has been designed to compensate.
    — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Will clubs pay less for free agents to compensate for the pay increase for young players?
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2022
  • And that only a few people farmed on the land, and were compensated.
    — Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 25 Feb. 2024
  • To complement this, Rice also spiced the whole thing with a dash of absinthe, whose botanical intensity compensates for the sherry’s relative lack of weight.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 18 July 2024
  • Video game performers are seeking a new agreement that will require video game producers to obtain their consent and compensate them when using AI to replicate their voices or likenesses.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2024

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