How to Use compensate in a Sentence

compensate

verb

• The price of the item has been reduced to compensate for a defect.
• She was not compensated for the damage done to her car.
• His enthusiasm compensates for his lack of skill.
• Coach Marisa Moseley has gotten creative to help the team compensate for that.
  — Mark Stewart, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2022
• Carbon trading allows companies to pay a fee to compensate for their greenhouse gas emissions.
  — Evan Halper, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2022
• Implementing such a plan would increase the need for more business and growth-friendly tax reductions elsewhere to compensate.
  — Nathan Lewis, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
• Some of the biggest U.S. banks are devising a plan to compensate customers who fall victim to scams on their Zelle payment network.
  — WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022
• Chagrin Falls Village Employees will receive 2% of their salary at the end of this year to compensate for the past year’s historic inflation.
  — Matt Leavitt, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2022
• Earlier this month, the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission approved a plan to use hunter funds to compensate ranchers for forage eaten by elk.
  — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2024
• But the gain over time will more than compensate for the near-term pain.
  — Kk Ottesen, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
• Thin out their top growth to compensate for roots lost in the process.
  — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 26 Jan. 2018
• And all for no pay, as the NFL doesn’t compensate the athletes.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2023
• The frame’s backing is quite deep, so use a long nail to hang to compensate for the gap.
  — Kate McGregor, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2023
• Load up on sugar and salt to compensate for the loss of taste from fat.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2017
• The ones that haven’t pulled out are raising their rates to compensate.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
• This is a big ask off the layoff but 6-to-1 compensates us.
  — Ed Derosa, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2023
• To compensate, the baker added the chocolate to the dough and the chocolate chip cookie was born.
  — Tyler Carter, Dallas News, 30 July 2021
• But the value of the time saved by faster pushbacks would more than compensate for that.
  — The Economist, 14 Dec. 2017
• Sauron has tried to compensate for that loss by making new friends among the elves.
  — EW.com, 6 Aug. 2024
• Hold soil around their roots, and trim their tops back by half after the dig to compensate for the roots that are lost.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Dec. 2021
• Ruppel knew what was at stake and what the Comets had to do to compensate for their loss of seniors.
  — Craig Clary, baltimoresun.com, 11 June 2021
• Be sure to analyze those risks and find a way to compensate for them on your end.
  — Nate Nead, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• You may be tempted to buy-in to the idea that a good workout can compensate for a bad diet.
  — Hlth Code, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Nov. 2021
• Green wants the Bengals to prove it by compensating him like one.
  — Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, 26 Feb. 2020
• The good humor and warmth in the room more than compensated for the rainy weather outside.
  — Ruth Sowby Rands, latimes.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• Those who may remove the suppressor have to compensate for the added height of the sights when shooting.
  — T. Logan Metesh, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
• Not even the return of Niles, Daphne, and the rest could have compensated for the loss of the show’s original context.
  — TIME, 9 Oct. 2023
• Our main reason to keep paying is so that the school can still compensate the staff.
  — Corbett Smith, Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2020
• But if the brain unit is damaged, the system has been designed to compensate.
  — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 12 Sep. 2017
• Will clubs pay less for free agents to compensate for the pay increase for young players?
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Oct 2024