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counteract

[koun-ter-akt] / ˌkaʊn tərˈækt /


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Idaho french-fry maker Lamb Weston Holdings said it raised prices in North America to counteract rising costs for everything but potatoes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2026

Postal Service to counteract its growing financial losses while the agency is “in the midst of the severe financial crisis amid rising operational costs.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

“Those micro doses of movement throughout the day can counteract the effects.”

From Barron's Jun. 27, 2026

Briant said she believes that the only way to counteract increased manipulation through social media influencers is to impose harsh penalties when paid content is not disclosed.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2026

Emma laughed, and replied: “But I had the assistance of all your endeavours to counteract the indulgence of other people. I doubt whether my own sense would have corrected me without it.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

Now, researchers report that a once-promising new drug, an antibody that counteracts a pernicious toxin in the viper’s venom, has failed in animal trials.

From Science Magazine Jan. 16, 2024

"I do believe that we can win," he counteracts, "and I won't stop fighting until we do."

From BBC Jan. 12, 2024

This bunching up counteracts the pulses' tendency to spread out and allows the microcombs to work properly.

From Science Daily Dec. 8, 2023

The shocking presence of bright blue in a white gallery space also counteracts East Germany’s reputation as a colorless place.

From New York Times Feb. 13, 2023

He did this by adding a cosmological constant, an as yet undetected force that counteracts the force of gravity.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

But a sharp fall in food inflation counteracted increases elsewhere.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

And one 10-second play from Friday’s Game 2 shows just how the Knicks have counteracted the player known as The Alien—by manipulating space and time.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

Drones can also be counteracted with “kinetic” systems, which can shoot down drones.

From Barron's Mar. 4, 2026

In 2025, researchers at the University of Louvain and Imperial College London clarified how this harmful chain reaction might be counteracted.

From Science Daily Dec. 8, 2025

I guess Joey and I counteracted the brain-loss effect caused by Chas Becker’s brilliance.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

But there are other pathways counteracting that, so eventually you might start to gain some weight back, says Apovian.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 16, 2026

So counteracting these systems becomes even more critical.

From BBC Oct. 9, 2025

It has an inclined tourbillon, a feature aimed at improving accuracy by counteracting gravity, which adds to its rarity in the watch world.

From Salon Dec. 19, 2024

Among other things, it is involved in counteracting inflammation and healing wounds.

From Science Daily Mar. 18, 2024

Thus there is both a steady flow of genes among maize landraces and a force counteracting that flow.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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