counteract
Example Sentences
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Those sources of uncertainty could counteract positive signs the economy was previously showing and have made projecting the rest of the fiscal year far more difficult, the company said.
One recent study has already demonstrated that exercise can help counteract aging linked to cancer.
From Science Daily
The appeal its stance does have for some white working class voters in the constituency was insufficient to counteract that disadvantage.
From BBC
Congress intended this tariff clause as an emergency tool to counteract a payments “disequilibrium” caused by strains on currency reserve holdings.
Stars shine because nuclear fusion in their cores converts hydrogen into helium, creating outward pressure that counteracts gravity.
From Science Daily
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