offset

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They use this leverage to boost returns and offset high fees and enable them to pay the dividends of close to 10%.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Scientists believe this offset is linked to two key factors.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

If a default cycle kicks off, “bank lending is likely to emerge as more than an offset to the slowdown in private credit,” they write, adding that easing banking regulations will incentivize increased lending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

What that means is that if one car is still deploying energy when another is recovering, there is a near-500bhp offset in engine power - and a consequent massive speed differential.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Rather than offset the effect with a string of pearls, she reached in a moment’s inspiration for a necklace of pure jet.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan