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as in reimbursing
to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury
you'll have to compensate the neighbors for cutting down their tree
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as in paying
to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received
compensate them well for their efforts
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Recent Examples of compensating
But the Big Tech companies behind generative AI learned early on that building a business using the creative works of others is easier without asking permission or compensating creatives.
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Ruth Vitale, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Efficient, neat, always available as a means of compensating for her (completely justified) fear of not being a brilliant enough copywriter.
—Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Sanders is known for his impressive tackling ability, compensating for his rather lackluster skills in coverage.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
Adidas and the Oaxaca government were expected to hold talks focused on compensating the Indigenous community, Mexico’s Deputy Secretary of Cultural Development Marina Núñez Bespalova said Friday.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
In the hope of compensating for the noise, researchers have invented ways to bake some knowledge of the physical foibles of devices into their neural network models.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2025
Ruth Vitale, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Efficient, neat, always available as a means of compensating for her (completely justified) fear of not being a brilliant enough copywriter.
—Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
Sanders is known for his impressive tackling ability, compensating for his rather lackluster skills in coverage.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
Adidas and the Oaxaca government were expected to hold talks focused on compensating the Indigenous community, Mexico’s Deputy Secretary of Cultural Development Marina Núñez Bespalova said Friday.
—Michael Rios, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
In the hope of compensating for the noise, researchers have invented ways to bake some knowledge of the physical foibles of devices into their neural network models.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compensating
Verb
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Highmark ended up reimbursing them more than $70,000.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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The company began reimbursing for AI tools and prompt engineering classes, and even brought in outside experts to evangelize.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
17 Aug. 2025
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The average vehicle sells for nearly $50,000 and almost 20% of new car buyers are paying $1,000 or more a month, the report said.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Richard Linklater’s French-language black-and-white film Nouvelle Vague, paying tribute to the French New Wave movement, initially looked like one of the strongest candidates for the honor.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The brawling is weighty and the combos are satisfying to pull off, plus the rich artwork pops wonderfully across the screen.—
Joshua Lamb,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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When life events call for satisfying comfort food, try our Eggplant Parmesan to evoke warmth and tenderness.—
Bethany Thayer,
Freep.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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He's spent 20 years repaying this debt kindness.—
Maggie Menderski,
The Courier-Journal,
2 Sep. 2025
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Their matchmaker, Aklilu, was repaying a kindness by Ceccarelli from many years ago.—
Susan Young,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Compensating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compensating. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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