compensations

plural of compensation

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Recent Examples of compensations Without adequate stability, your shoulders lose their proper foundation and alignment, creating a cascade of compensations that lead to pain and increased injury risk. Dana Santas, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025 The Suns reportedly offered Royce O'Neale and second-round compensations. Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compensations
Noun
  • Among its recommendations, the commission urged the Church to provide reparations to survivors, ranging from financial support and formal apologies to reforms in how abuse is handled.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
  • For them, real change will only begin when accountability, reparations, statehood, the right of return, the rebuilding of Gaza, and self-determination are realized—not when peace is defined by the terms of their occupier.
    Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • She was told she would be added to the payroll of a fake company, with payments coming from one of Jeffrey Epstein’s Bank of America accounts.
    Chase Jordan October 17, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, our $1 trillion interest bill was $160 billion greater than this year’s price tag on the Pentagon, and every $4 of $5 collected by the federal government went solely to interest payments, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
    Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Smith said that the initial goal is to get the tool up and running and then focus on expanding the work by not only looking at events that cost over $1 billion in damages but also smaller and medium-sized events.
    Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The Billion-Dollar Database tracks the financial costs of property and other infrastructure destroyed by extreme weather disasters in the United States, focusing on events that caused $1 billion or more in damages.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That’s a little pricey for those core parts, but much of the cost pays for the laptop’s high-end materials and hardware features.
    Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Amazon said that will reduce weekly contributions by 34% and co-pays by 87% for primary care, mental health and most non-specialist visits for employees using the basic plan.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Employees, who receive excellent wages and benefits, often work there for years.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The union is striking for higher wages and benefits and hiring more employees to fill staffing shortages.
    Pat Maio, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And unlike academics supported largely by tuition or endowments, HSPH researchers typically have had to bring in nearly all of their own research funds, including to cover their own salaries and those of staff and trainees.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
  • But sticking around doesn’t mean wages and salaries have to stagnate.
    Cathy Bussewitz, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Compensations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compensations. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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