cancel out
Example Sentences
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The standard advice for a central bank facing an oil shock is to look past it on the theory that the hit to growth and the boost to inflation roughly cancel out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Further, you can’t simply cancel out the harms of consumption by putting all those clothes you purchased in hauls—at secondhand stores or otherwise—in your local donation bin when you’re done with them.
From Slate • Jan. 26, 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 means the body does not clearly offset or "cancel out" the extra calories burned through movement.
From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026
But he knew, as soon as he arrived, that he did not need the sugar to cancel out his GI crewcut and his American smile.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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