compromise

In a sentence

Six example sentences with compromise, each labelled with its topic.

• The budget passed as a compromise: half the road money the north wanted, half the hospital funding the south demanded.

  Politics

• The final design was a compromise between the client's glass tower and the council's insistence on brick along the street.

  Architecture

• Aristotle recommends the compromise between recklessness and cowardice, and calls the man who finds it courageous rather than merely careful.

  Philosophy

• The menu was a compromise between the chef's tasting format and the owner's wish for plates that arrive in ten minutes.

  Cooking

• The four-day schedule was a compromise between staff who wanted to work from home and an owner who wanted a full office.

  Business

• The setlist was a compromise: three new songs for the band, and every old hit for the crowd.

  Music

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains compromise. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

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