compensation
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Officials promised compensation to relatives of the dead.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Oct. 16, 2026
As actors face growing concerns about their voice, body and likeness being used without consent or compensation, the storyline resonated with the actors.
From Los Angeles Times โ Oct. 16, 2026
An earnings press release pointed to $658 million in securities investment losses and a 12 percent uptick in expenses, primarily driven by higher compensation and greater spending on technology and marketing.
From Barron's โ Oct. 13, 2026
Shorter-term Treasurys are being upgraded to overweight, and long-term Treasurys to neutral, “as higher yields now provide better compensation for interest-rate risk.”
From MarketWatch โ Oct. 13, 2026
In some jurisdictions, if the person lacks the support of the prosecuting attorney who wrongly convicted him, compensation will be denied.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
But all the compensations, all the progress anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal โ Nov. 26, 2025
Edinburgh Employment Tribunal ruled that PC Jones should be awarded compensations of £24,800 and PC Tunnock should receive £23,824.
From BBC โ Sep. 2, 2025
Earlier in the day, Mohsin Naqvi, the top official in Punjab province, where Jaranwala is located, announced the compensations on X, previously known as Twitter.
From Washington Times โ Aug. 21, 2023
It will also take additional costs related to stock-based compensations, which it said cannot be estimated at the time.
From Reuters โ Apr. 27, 2023
For rabbits, winter remains what it was for men in the middle ages—hard, but bearable by the resourceful and not altogether without compensations.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Vocabulary lists containing compensation
The Bill of Rights
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"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs
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"The Monkey's Paw," Vocabulary from the short story
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