as in negotiation
the act or practice of each side giving up something in order to reach an agreement
eventually we reached a compromise on the number of hours per week that would be devoted to piano practice
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as in to endanger
to place in danger
officials at the state department were concerned that his statements would compromise national security
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as in to damage
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
the deletion of several critical points for space considerations really compromised the essay
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Recent Examples of compromise
Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2025
The pilot test, alongside lessons from other cities with more open ADU policies, have informed some of the compromises adopted in order to get the proposal out of the City Council’s zoning committee last month.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Beyond the general inconvenience of snarls, skipping out on detangling can compromise both your hair’s health and its styling potential.
—Annie Blackman, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Use this to take projects forward with compromise, assistance, and ease—and with action, of course.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2025
The pilot test, alongside lessons from other cities with more open ADU policies, have informed some of the compromises adopted in order to get the proposal out of the City Council’s zoning committee last month.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025
Verb
At Chicago Survivors, advocates fear that if they are forced to compromise services for families who in many cases are already fighting to survive, violence will begin to metastasize again.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025
Beyond the general inconvenience of snarls, skipping out on detangling can compromise both your hair’s health and its styling potential.
—Annie Blackman, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compromise
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The foot-dragging led Parker and Stone to flex their power, including by threatening legal action against Shell and RedBird Capital over allegedly manipulating negotiations with rivals to lower the price for Paramount.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
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During the last round of labor negotiations with the NFLPA in 2020, the league pushed new language that more clearly delineated what gets shared in the event of a sale like this.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Wendy and her fellow hybrids snap into action when a spaceship crash-lands on Earth, endangering Wendy’s brother Joe and unleashing not just the classic xenomorph but a host of other deadly species.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
6 Aug. 2025
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Here are five native animals in Connecticut that are considered elusive, endangered, creepy, bizarre, or just plainly misunderstood.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
5 Aug. 2025
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Extreme heat in 2023 had damaged the quality of rice, causing an acute shortage last year that was exacerbated by the government’s misreading of supply and demand.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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Only one public building was damaged in Lincoln, according to Chief of Staff Rhonda Hulse.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Aug. 2025
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Over the past year, small-scale protests have occasionally taken place outside Villa Park and fans have threatened to hold walkouts during games.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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The family defended themselves against an angry mob of hundreds of people who surrounded the house, throwing rocks and threatening the family, Duggan said.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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However, Friesen was severely injured in an accident during the Super DIRTcar Series race at Canada’s Autodrome Drummond last weekend.—
Joseph Wolkin,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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One of the Yankees’ pre-trade deadline pickups is already injured.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
5 Aug. 2025
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Without proper safeguards, these systems risk eroding public trust and could magnify historic inequities in law enforcement.—
David Roberts,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The differing management methods come as numerous corporations have pointed to in-office work as driving collaboration, ideation, and, in some cases, revenue, while numerous studies point to RTO policies hurting employee morale and risking employee retention.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
8 Aug. 2025
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Both votes were marred by what prosecutors said was a massive vote-buying scheme orchestrated by Shor, who has spent much of his time in Russia since he was convicted for his role in the 2014 theft of $1 billion from Moldovan banks.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
5 Aug. 2025
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Economically and socially liberal, though marred by colonial exploitation, Dutch society flourished.—
Michael James Rocha,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Aug. 2025
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The 90-year-old retirement program is so popular that the vast majority of politicians prefer to tolerate the deteriorating status quo rather than jeopardize their political futures by insisting on reforms.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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And the loss of federal dollars set in motion by that bill is already wreaking havoc across the state, jeopardizing nearly every sector of California — spanning transportation, education, scientific research and energy infrastructure, just for starters.—
Mercury News Editorial,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Compromise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compromise. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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