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as in to reimburse
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 to offset
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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Adam Reiss, NBC news, 14 May 2025
And when data is incomplete, unstructured and entropic, AI systems can compensate by hallucinating answers, leading to inaccurate information and biased outcomes that can reinforce healthcare disparities and, even worse, affect life or death circumstances.
—Mika Newton, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
The priests also apologized for the abuse, admitting their responsibility and promising to compensate their victims.
—Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2025
In contrast, the Musical AI deal aims to give rightsholders the power to consent to AI training and to get appropriately compensated for that use.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
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Ventura said her attorney initially reached out to Combs and his representatives to ask about compensating her $30 million after informing them of her plans to write a book about her relationship with Combs.
—Adam Reiss, NBC news, 14 May 2025
And when data is incomplete, unstructured and entropic, AI systems can compensate by hallucinating answers, leading to inaccurate information and biased outcomes that can reinforce healthcare disparities and, even worse, affect life or death circumstances.
—Mika Newton, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
The priests also apologized for the abuse, admitting their responsibility and promising to compensate their victims.
—Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2025
In contrast, the Musical AI deal aims to give rightsholders the power to consent to AI training and to get appropriately compensated for that use.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2025
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“Compensate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compensate. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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