offsetting

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Since each trading system has its own stops and targets, it is possible that these can still profit without merely offsetting each other.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

This in turn will have the offsetting effect of increasing how much is sold and thereby raising the demand for labor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

“These factors are more than offsetting record input cost inflation, and driving the strongest year of revenue and earnings growth—by far—since Dell returned to the public markets in 2018.”

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

But it’s nowhere close to offsetting the lost physical supply if the underlying disruption persists, he added.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Me and TaShon lean back, offsetting the tree’s drop into the water.

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes