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made up (for)

verb

Definition of made up (for)

past tense of make up (for)

as in offset

to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective the lavish present almost made up for her forgetting his birthday

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Student and young driver discounts Adding a teen or young adult driver to a policy can raise premiums considerably, but there are a few ways to offset the cost.

— Carson Brunson, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2026
Ryan’s aggressive, eat-the-rich online persona is offset by a quieter, personal agony.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2026

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This story has been corrected to fix a typo in the final score.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Nov. 2026
When The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Leitch last month ahead of the midterms, the filmmaker remained optimistic that economic policies, both macro and micro, could still be corrected, starting at the ballot box.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026

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Nearly four hours were spent neutralized behind the safety car, with 16 cautions that prevented this year’s race from ever really developing a rhythm.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
During last month's Águila Alta operation in the Tijuana-San Diego area, the defense ministry said Mexican forces neutralized five drones, detained one person and seized a gun, magazines and ammunition.

— Armando Regil Velasco, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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