offset

Example Sentences

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Bigger wage gains and tax refunds could help lift spending by higher-income households in the months ahead, offsetting a diminishing wealth effect as the stock market stalls.

From Barron's

For years, they lived nomadically, spending time in some high-cost countries that they offset with time in low-cost countries.

From MarketWatch

It would take months of fighting, instability and energy-market shocks to completely offset the effects of higher refunds and the massive new tax law, experts note.

From MarketWatch

While Pershing Square USA could begin trading at a discount to its net asset value, shares of Ackman’s management company are supposed to offset those losses.

From Barron's

The company said it expects growth from its accretive barrels to come overwhelmingly from outside the Middle East this year, meaning that higher oil prices would more than offset its production shutdown in the region.

From The Wall Street Journal