as in yielding
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as in endangering
to place in danger
officials at the state department were concerned that his statements would compromise national security
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as in damaging
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 compromising
ABC News,
13 June 2026
Khamenei is succeeded as supreme leader by his son, Mojtaba, who is considered less compromising and has not been seen publicly since the war began.
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Munir Ahmed,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
He is succeeded by his son, Mojtaba, who is seen as even less compromising.
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Munir Ahmed,
Fortune,
11 June 2026
The differences have been between the more and the less patient, the cruder and the subtler, the slightly more compromising and the hard-core fanatics.
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Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026
Bowser Bowser is a ruler seen as a tyrant, with a non-compromising attitude.
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Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
4 Apr. 2026
The younger Khamenei is seen as even less compromising than his late father.
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Samy Magdy,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
On Thursday, an East Bay Substack published a 2024 letter to Bonta alleging that Andy Duong had a compromising video of Bonta for potential use as blackmail.
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Sophia Bollag,
San Francisco Chronicle,
21 Nov. 2025
The Broncos can’t put their defense in that many compromising situations.
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Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2026
Devaluing democracy in the name of security and compromising rights or freedoms to ensure order and control are bad options.
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Wendell Wallach,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
Oceanside is getting more interesting without compromising its grizzled surf-town edge.
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David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Thankfully, Amazon has a wide selection of equally stylish and comfortable pairs on sale that’ll carry you through the entire journey without compromising your outfit.
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Julia Morlino,
Travel + Leisure,
25 June 2026
The testimony offers a rare window into how Epstein allegedly tried to use compromising information to manipulate at least one powerful public figure.
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Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
23 June 2026
Part of that process involved Quenda embarking on a rigorous programme of nutrition and muscle development aimed at better equipping him to handle the greater degree of physicality in Premier League football without compromising his speed or agility.
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Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
The attack, which has been linked to a threat actor tracked as TeamPCP, poisoned the durabletask package after compromising Microsoft credentials for publishing the package.
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Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
8 June 2026
This focuses on maintaining usability and efficiency across growing user bases and increasingly complex workflows without compromising safety.
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Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
Adjective
Khamenei is succeeded by his son, Mojtaba, who is considered less compromising and has not been seen publicly since the war began.
—
ABC News,
13 June 2026
Khamenei is succeeded as supreme leader by his son, Mojtaba, who is considered less compromising and has not been seen publicly since the war began.
—
Munir Ahmed,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2026
He is succeeded by his son, Mojtaba, who is seen as even less compromising.
—
Munir Ahmed,
Fortune,
11 June 2026
The differences have been between the more and the less patient, the cruder and the subtler, the slightly more compromising and the hard-core fanatics.
—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026
Bowser Bowser is a ruler seen as a tyrant, with a non-compromising attitude.
—
Lisa Stardust,
PEOPLE,
4 Apr. 2026
The younger Khamenei is seen as even less compromising than his late father.
—
Samy Magdy,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
On Thursday, an East Bay Substack published a 2024 letter to Bonta alleging that Andy Duong had a compromising video of Bonta for potential use as blackmail.
—
Sophia Bollag,
San Francisco Chronicle,
21 Nov. 2025
The Broncos can’t put their defense in that many compromising situations.
—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
Since becoming mayor, though, Mamdani has piped down publicly on his calls for the freeze in order to avoid the appearance of compromising the board’s independence.
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Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2026
Devaluing democracy in the name of security and compromising rights or freedoms to ensure order and control are bad options.
—
Wendell Wallach,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
Oceanside is getting more interesting without compromising its grizzled surf-town edge.
—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Thankfully, Amazon has a wide selection of equally stylish and comfortable pairs on sale that’ll carry you through the entire journey without compromising your outfit.
—
Julia Morlino,
Travel + Leisure,
25 June 2026
The testimony offers a rare window into how Epstein allegedly tried to use compromising information to manipulate at least one powerful public figure.
—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
23 June 2026
Part of that process involved Quenda embarking on a rigorous programme of nutrition and muscle development aimed at better equipping him to handle the greater degree of physicality in Premier League football without compromising his speed or agility.
—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
The attack, which has been linked to a threat actor tracked as TeamPCP, poisoned the durabletask package after compromising Microsoft credentials for publishing the package.
—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
8 June 2026
This focuses on maintaining usability and efficiency across growing user bases and increasingly complex workflows without compromising safety.
—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for compromising
Adjective
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An unexpectedly hawkish Fed meeting chaired by Kevin Warsh last week boosted expectations for a year-end interest rate hike, further pressuring gold prices, as the prospect of higher interest rates tend to weigh on the non-yielding precious metal.
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Interest rates remain relatively high, and real yields have risen in recent years, giving investors an attractive alternative to non-yielding assets like silver.
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Sunshyne Davis, 25, and Robert White, 39, have been charged with murder, manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child.
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This prompted Tanshi and another bat specialist, Benneth Obitte, to set up the Small Mammal Conservation Organization (SMACON) in 2016, which helps protect bats and other small creatures from things that may be endangering them including wildfires.
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The detection comes as communities across the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta continue to grapple with the invasive species, which can rapidly reproduce and attach themselves to hard surfaces, clogging water intake pipes and damaging infrastructure while disrupting native ecosystems.
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Amid explosive fire conditions in southern Utah, the Cottonwood fire has ballooned to more than 144 square miles, damaging a ski resort, forcing evacuations and grounding firefighting aircraft in dangerous winds.
Adjective
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Between organization-hero packing cubes, anti-theft wallets, and TSA-compliant travel bottles, any of the below products will keep your belongings neatly stored and safe from takeoff to touchdown.
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Changing tables and sinks will be in the ADA-compliant units, alongside menstrual products.
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An Indiana man is accused of stalking, harassment, intimidation and sending threatening and explicit messages to WNBA star Sophie Cunningham via social media, officials said.
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To remove the possibility of high schoolers negotiating higher bonuses by threatening to go to college.
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Lined with live oaks and old-fashioned, busy storefronts, this artsy town on the Gulf of Mexico has no commercial development marring its shoreline.
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In Strasbourg, groups of Palace supporters clashed among themselves in a square in the city centre, marring the occasion.
Adjective
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That amendment had been made a dead letter by Jim Crow state legislatures and an acquiescent Supreme Court.
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Trump is the most corrupt and scandal-plagued president since Nixon; indeed, his fiascoes eclipse Nixon’s, but many of them remain mostly or somewhat hidden, thanks in part to a much more acquiescent Republican Congress than the one Nixon had.
Verb
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So, Amazon was left with the calculus of risking a $50 billion business relationship for a movie.
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What is effectively a permanent Sponsored Kit mode across a few different maps that allows players to go in with a free kit, risking nothing in the mode.
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“Compromising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compromising. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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