counteract
Example Sentences
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While cutting the balance sheet would reduce liquidity in the financial system, lower interest rates would counteract the negative effect, he has said.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
Speaking to students at Harvard University, he laid out the textbook case for patience: Energy disruptions tend to be short-lived and monetary policy works too slowly to counteract them in real time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
None of it did much to counteract the sense that life had become too expensive.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
Announcing its approval, the FCC said the deal would help "counteract the growing imbalance of power" between local broadcast TV stations and the large media firms, including Fox, Disney and Paramount, that dominate programming.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Eventually, it sealed the gaps around the hole and reduced the leak to something the suit could counteract.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Vocabulary lists containing counteract
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