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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

The allowance made to wholesale purchasers will countervail the double voyage.

From The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20) by Thomas Jefferson

What doubt in thee could countervail Belief in it?

From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Helen Archibald Clarke

Come what sorrow may, It cannot countervail the exchange of joy That one short minute gives me in her sight.

From Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson




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