cancel out
Example Sentences
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Failure to pay can result in a jail term - but even that doesn't cancel out the debt.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Any amount you convert is subject to income-tax rates of up to 37%—but the senior deduction can help cancel out that tax, Adams says.
From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026
Traders who bet that winter was over and that gas prices would fall have had to buy futures this week to cancel out those short positions, adding to this week’s price gains.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
If either of these ratios were to fall back below their lows of a couple of weeks ago, that would cancel out the sell signal.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026
This would cause many of the possible infinities to cancel out, but it was suspected that some infinities might still remain.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
