counterweight
Example Sentences
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This stems from a contemporary desire in Sweden and Norway to create a counterweight to the nationalistic use of the Viking Age that is often directed against Muslims.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Tarlov, 42, has been a sturdy liberal counterweight at “The Five,” which averages 3.5 million viewers daily, according to Nielsen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Haakon has said Mette-Marit helped him come out of his shell and described her as an emotional counterweight to his analytical mind.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Those people are expected to join Nvidia’s Nemotron open-weight AI model project and aim to develop a U.S. counterweight to powerful open models that have recently emerged in China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
She was her resourceful self, but she was also an instinctive counterweight to Ralph’s activity — a fixed center.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
