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- noun Plural form of
compromise . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
compromise .
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Examples
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It makes no compromises, is concentrated, and is as cool as it is audacious.
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Typically, adding touch technology to E Ink or ePaper screens results in compromises in the readability of type.
Pandigital introduces Novel Personal Reader, its first touch-screen e-book reader 2010
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I think Obama will get some compromises from the GOP the day he stops calling disagreements with him heresy.
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And the only way to oppose those compromises is Civil War.
Matthew Yglesias » Zionist Organization of America Slams Obama Muslims Mention 2009
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Figuring out how to deliver circuit-switched calls on a packet network was going to result in compromises and costs I detailed back in April.
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I think Obama will get some compromises from the GOP the day he stops calling disagreements with him heresy.
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I think Obama will get some compromises from the GOP the day he stops calling disagreements with him heresy.
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I had been hoping for some major reforms in our health care system, but the negotiated bill with its many compromises is so watered down that I question how much good it's going to do for anyone other than the insurance companies.
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Voting for the bill with compromises is a prerequisite.
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If the two-month extension passes, it would mark one of the briefest tax measures yet, accelerating the recent trend in Congress toward last-minute brinkmanship and short-term compromises on taxes.
Payroll Executives Complain About Lawmakers' Penchant for Brief Fixes John D. McKinnon 2011
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