counteract

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As inflation surged in 2021 and 2022, lower PCE readings created less urgency for the Fed to raise rates and counteract what it at the time referred to as transitory inflation.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

It also suggests that lipid supplementation throughout the body could help counteract age-related changes in the immune system and may even play a role in blood cancers.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

The question is, how does A.I.-based research either reinforce or counteract the biases in information-gathering processes that journalists already use?

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

Speaking to students at Harvard University, he laid out the textbook case for patience: Energy disruptions tend to be short-lived and monetary policy works too slowly to counteract them in real time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

To counteract any evil result of that bad conjunction he walked quickly past the ranch house, through the chicken yard, through the vegetable patch, until he came at last to the brush line.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck