compensating (for)

verb

present participle of compensate (for)
as in offsetting
to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective a mafioso thinking that he can compensate for the evil he's done by giving to charity

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compensating (for)
  1. offsetting
  2. correcting
  3. neutralizing
Verb
  • Meanwhile, the increase in the price of oil is offsetting Iran’s economic losses from the war.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The company put the tariff refund benefit to margins at 85 basis points, offsetting a 60 basis point decline due to a change in the sales mix resulting from the prior acquisitions of GMS and Mingledorff.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of offsetting
Verb
  • Investors are misjudging, and then correcting, who or what will actually capture AI’s value.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Many patients are now thinking long-term from the outset, focusing on maintaining structure rather than correcting it later.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of correcting
Verb
  • Ukraine and Iran have both demonstrated how to adapt cheaper technologies for both offensive and defensive purposes, neutralizing their opponents’ advantage in vastly more expensive high-tech systems.
    — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
  • When moving in an inert, neutralizing background, a gas of electrons tend to crystallize at low densities as their potential energy is more dominant than their kinetic energy.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of neutralizing
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“Compensating (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compensating%20%28for%29. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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