cancel out
Example Sentences
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"But that doesn't make it OK," Pombo says, "one doesn't cancel out the other."
From BBC • May 15, 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
The standard advice for a central bank facing an oil shock is to look past it, concluding that the hit to growth and the boost to inflation roughly cancel out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Two weeks later, higher gasoline and energy prices stemming from the conflict could cancel out the effects of those higher refunds, economists say.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 14, 2026
Even the music of a flamenco band did not overpower or even cancel out the clamor and tumult that spilled out of the room.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
