as in to compensate
to make up for (an offense)
tried to atone for forgetting their anniversary by giving his wife a truly extravagant gift
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If its landfill revenue falls, the county may have to compensate.—
Darin Oswald,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Jan. 2025 -
Michael Polish’s film gamely tries to compensate for unspectacular production values with a lot of action — but its staging is pedestrian at best.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2025
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Below, 15 members of Forbes Agency Council share expert insights into how a brand facing viral complaints can take an appropriate level of accountability, redeem its good name and regain consumer trust.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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As a reminder, PS Plus' monthly free games for January can still be redeemed.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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However, the funds exchanged between the two brothers reflected a loan; James Biden repaid his brother after two major business deals, one with a U.S. company while the other came shortly after a deal Hunter Biden secured with a Chinese company.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
20 Jan. 2025
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The film would also repay a second viewing, because details sprinkled throughout take on their meaning only in hindsight.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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This story has been corrected to show that Berkowitz works at Georgetown University, not George Washington University.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Jan. 2025
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This story has been updated to correct a typo in the size of OSTP’s budget.—
Kenneth Evans,
The Conversation,
16 Jan. 2025
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The Sisters have come a long way, but never strayed from their mission: to promulgate universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2023
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But now Epstein, 49, is wearing a different hat, and hoping to expiate his unintended sins against a sport that has been his lifelong passion.—
David Axelrod,
CNN,
1 Apr. 2023
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