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countervail

[koun-ter-veyl] / ˌkaʊn tərˈveɪl /


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We depend on our memory to record, to learn and to recall, and we depend on forgetting to countervail, to sculpt and to squelch our memories.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2022

And for years, the company’s actions and public statements have borne the imprint of Musk’s whims, with no moderating force to countervail them.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2018

There are, it is true, dangers inseparable from symbolism, which countervail its advantages, and afford an impressive lesson in regard to the similar risks attendant on the use of language.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

That is, he suggests the question, whether the evils from foul air are not so great and so constant that they countervail the advantages of shelter.

From Household Papers and Stories by Stowe, Harriet Beecher

It would countervail the teachings of the Apostle.

From The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) by Adams, Nehemiah




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