counterbalance

Example Sentences

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Societies would need to eliminate all emissions they reasonably can, then counterbalance the "residual" emissions that cannot be removed.

From Science Daily

"The positive effects of a ramp-up in public spending is partly counterbalanced by the negative impact of trade tensions, which are expected to impact exports," the commission said of Germany.

From Barron's

The First Offset, went the argument, had been the use of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles to counterbalance the Soviet advantage in men and tanks in the early Cold War.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now we have, as a counterbalance to a lurid male gaze as the season’s new opera for L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

"The recent rally was extremely steep, so this is the counterbalance."

From Barron's