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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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Recent Examples of compensate
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.
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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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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for compensate
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After the collapse, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a proclamation making Santa Cruz eligible for state funding under the California Disaster Assistance Act, which reimburses local governments up to 75% of their losses from floods, wildfires, earthquakes and other disasters.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
24 May 2025
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Thus, even if a patient utilizes no healthcare services, the MCO gets a payment, and the state gets most of that reimbursed by the federal government.—
Anthony Digiorgio,
Oc Register,
20 May 2025
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That hasn’t stopped companies from throwing millions of dollars in bonuses and pay packages at star researchers, according to seven sources familiar with the matter.—
Anna Tong,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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However, the state auditor claimed that Favre never paid interest and sued him in 2024 for an unpaid $729,000, according to Forbes.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
21 May 2025
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The service offers a number of filters for other dietary requirements, and satisfying taste and texture—not always a guarantee on ready-to-eat meals.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
28 May 2025
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Longer than a truck with a trailer (reaching up to almost 79 feet long) and weighting almost twice as much, Megalodon, ruled the oceans between 20–3 million years ago, frequently on the hunt for prey to satisfy its astonishing 100,000 kilocalories-per-day nutritional demand.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 May 2025
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Meanwhile, private sector workers continue to bear residual financial burdens despite repaying their loans.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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Social Security benefits can generally be reduced by up to 15% to repay student debt in default, so long as beneficiaries are left with at least $750 per month.—
Annie Nova,Ali McCadden,
CNBC,
18 May 2025
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“Compensate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compensate. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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