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.
  • The deadline for these compensations is now the end of June 2026.
    — Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The draft pick compensation will be directly tied to the amount of the salary picked up.
    — cleveland, 29 May 2022
  • The hire means a compensation bump for the 41-year-old Cid, a married father of four.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
  • So all told, Oz’s compensation from the talk show was in the ballpark of $10 million.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The city was then awarded the 2022 draft as compensation.
    — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • However the 25-year-old made out in terms of compensation, that was never the crux of this.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Sep. 2022
  • In Texas, compensation for power that consumers send to the grid varies.
    — Ivan Penn, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2022
  • Squires’ compensation for the year came to $9.6 million.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 31 Mar. 2023
  • This time, the only compensation for Bogaerts would be a 2023 draft pick after the fourth round.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Governor Kathy Hochul also wants compensation, for both the state and the city.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023
  • First of all, the draft-pick compensation is already something of a thorny issue.
    — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 July 2022
  • 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
  • Each year, the trustees’ compensation will increase by 2%, though the board can vote in May to waive this increase for that year, the municipal code states.
    — Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
  • 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
  • At 26, Wood would make more sense on a team that's trying to win now, which could allow the Rockets to get back draft compensation for Wood in a larger trade.
    — Morten Jensen, Forbes, 18 May 2022
  • Graham isn't the first Gilmore Girls actor to highlight the cast's lack of compensation for their work on the original series.
    — John Russell, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Carolina will send the Cleveland Browns a fifth-round pick in 2024 as compensation.
    — Steve Reed, oregonlive, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Then there is the other side of the problem: rewriting any portion of the visa law could open up all students to earn compensation, not just athletes.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Apr. 2022
  • The US Navy, which is overseeing the compensation, concedes no money has yet been paid out.
    — Nick Watt, CNN, 1 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Taking the comment seriously, the mom decided to pay her daughter $20 a day, totaling $60 a week, as compensation for her space.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
  • The Times sued the tech companies in 2023, accusing them of using millions of articles published by the newspaper to train chatbots without compensation.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 May 2025

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