How to Use compensation in a Sentence

compensation

noun

• The court awarded the victims millions of dollars in compensation.
• Moving to the coast had some drawbacks, but there were also compensations.
• She offered to pay for lunch as compensation for keeping me waiting.
• With staff input, the supervisors are now putting the issue of her compensation to bed.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 1 Feb. 2023
• Union leaders said the wage hikes were needed to bring their compensation in line with other health professionals at Kaiser.
  — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
• The range typically reflects base salary only: There is a lot more to your compensation than your regular paycheck.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 28 Jan. 2023
• Smith is seeking punitive damages as well as compensation for medical expenses and pain and suffering.
  — Rob Wile, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2023
• The new filing, which is separate from the Hutchins estate's wrongful death suit which was settled last October, seeks compensation for her parents and sister.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2023
• In other words, workers have received no compensation for increases in productivity.
  — Steven Kamin, CNN, 1 Feb. 2023
• All the while The Dude is just looking to get compensation for the rug his attackers pissed on.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 4 May 2023
• And of course there’s a big strike right now, and these issues of streaming and compensation are very much at play.
  — Tomris Laffly, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 May 2023
• Squires’ compensation for the year came to $9.6 million.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 31 Mar. 2023
• Governor Kathy Hochul also wants compensation, for both the state and the city.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023
• The trade with the Rams furthers the compensation added in the Burns trade, while also helping the Panthers land an upgrade at running back.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2024
• Stock awards played a large part in Huang’s compensation boost, as his base salary has hovered just below $1 million for the past three years.
  — Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 16 May 2024
• For some, the exposure can be as valuable as the compensation.
  — Melonee Hurt, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
• Of course, there are limits to the amount of compensation required and restrictions on what’s covered and what’s not.
  — Katie Seemann, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2023
• But the court awarded no compensation to the Chinese plaintiffs.
  — Emily Langer, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
• This being a musical, the compensation is meant to be in the songs, and there is much about Yandura’s music and Melocik’s lyrics to admire.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2023
• In 2021, the US Supreme Court ruled student athletes must be allowed to receive compensation for their work.
  — Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 16 Mar. 2023
• The fast-food restaurant this year got high marks for compensation and benefits.
  — Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2024
• Broker compensation in the U.S. has typically been about 5% to 6% of a home’s sales price, with about half paid to a buyer’s broker.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2023
• Meanwhile, hourly compensation grew 3.9% in the third quarter.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2023
• The losses will be in part because of compensation to airlines that owned the Max 9, which was grounded for three weeks after the incident.
  — Sara Smart, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
• O'Keeffe told me that Samsung claims its monitors and TVs have the same compensation cycles.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2023
• The two-day meeting in Iceland seeks to set up a way of logging damage in Ukraine caused by the Kremlin’s forces so compensation claims can be lodged against Moscow.
  — Samya Kullab, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2023
• The idea is that justices would be transferred to a lower court after 18 or so years, retaining the same compensation.
  — The Editors, National Review, 18 July 2024
• No substitution or compensation will be given for any portion of the prize that is not used.
  — Condé Nast, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
• What’s being missed is just how much compensation for writers has shifted with the new era of television.
  — J.j. McCorvey, NBC News, 16 May 2023
• Thirty-eight states, the District of Columbia, and the federal government do have programs that offer some compensation.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024