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countervail

[kaun-ter-vayl] / 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

To this end, she began to cast about for some cunning wizard, who might countervail the plots of this malicious witch.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by John Roby

What censures, then, can I have in reserve to countervail such praises?

From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by William Thomas Thornton

Some, indeed, regard them as settling the principles of primordial law, which the constitution itself cannot countervail.

From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Robert Walsh




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