How to Use compensation in a Sentence

compensation

noun

• The court awarded the victims millions of dollars in compensation.
• Moving to the coast had some drawbacks, but there were also compensations.
• She offered to pay for lunch as compensation for keeping me waiting.
• And of course there’s a big strike right now, and these issues of streaming and compensation are very much at play.
  — Tomris Laffly, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 May 2023
• Governor Kathy Hochul also wants compensation, for both the state and the city.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023
• But the court awarded no compensation to the Chinese plaintiffs.
  — Emily Langer, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
• This being a musical, the compensation is meant to be in the songs, and there is much about Yandura’s music and Melocik’s lyrics to admire.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2023
• The fast-food restaurant this year got high marks for compensation and benefits.
  — Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2024
• Broker compensation in the U.S. has typically been about 5% to 6% of a home’s sales price, with about half paid to a buyer’s broker.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2023
• Meanwhile, hourly compensation grew 3.9% in the third quarter.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2023
• The losses will be in part because of compensation to airlines that owned the Max 9, which was grounded for three weeks after the incident.
  — Sara Smart, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
• O'Keeffe told me that Samsung claims its monitors and TVs have the same compensation cycles.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2023
• The two-day meeting in Iceland seeks to set up a way of logging damage in Ukraine caused by the Kremlin’s forces so compensation claims can be lodged against Moscow.
  — Samya Kullab, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2023
• No substitution or compensation will be given for any portion of the prize that is not used.
  — Condé Nast, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
• What’s being missed is just how much compensation for writers has shifted with the new era of television.
  — J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 16 May 2023
• While the West has sought to reassure Ukraine that the country will be rebuilt and that Russia will be made to pay compensation, the war — and the destruction of the country — continues.
  — Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
• The meeting in Iceland seeks to quantify damage in Ukraine caused by the Kremlin’s forces so compensation claims can be lodged against Moscow.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
• Employees, many of whom took all of their compensation in now worthless FTX tokens and assets, flee the island.
  — Jacob Bacharach, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2023
• Essence may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.
  — Essence, 14 Feb. 2024
• While the Say on Pay vote is non-binding, no votes often lead to changes in future compensation practices at companies.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2023
• The survey notes that organizations that choose to keep compensation costs low in the short run rather than give steady wage increases over time could double costs down the road.
  — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2024
• Three of them have filed for monetary compensation for their injuries.
  — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2024
• Claimants who file after the deadline will not receive compensation.
  — Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023
• The school board's lawyers sought to dismiss her claim, arguing her injuries are covered under the state's worker's compensation law.
  — Beatrice Peterson, ABC News, 15 Nov. 2023
• Herder Joel Kirimbu said compensation should match the market rate.
  — Evelyne Musambi and Desmond Tiro, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2023
• Securing compensation for victims of such white-collar crimes can drag out for years.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
• The compensation equates to roughly 7% of the damages initially sought by the investment firm, South Korea’s Ministry of Justice said.
  — Jiyoung Sohn, WSJ, 20 June 2023
• The members will not receive compensation for their services.
  — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
• And their demands for justice -- child support from the fathers, to which they might be entitled by Haitian law, and even compensation as victims -- have come to almost nothing.
  — David Blood, CNN, 15 Sep. 2023
• The union pushed for improvements such as boarding pay and compensation during trips that are extended by delays.
  — Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 21 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024