offset
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Her manic energy is offset by the two people to whom she is closest: her fragile 6-year-old cousin, John Henry, and Berenice, the family’s wise black housekeeper.
The global economy grew more rapidly than expected in 2025, as a U.S. boom in AI-related investment helped offset the impact of higher tariffs.
This helps to offset a raft of hefty bond supply in the eurozone at the start of the year.
The Swedish telecommunications-equipment company said Friday that its key networks business posted organic sales growth of 4% in the fourth quarter as lower sales in the Americas and northeast Asia were offset by growth elsewhere.
The decrease was driven by lower merchandise volume and export coal revenue, which offset increases in merchandise and intermodal prices, intermodal volume and fuel surcharge revenue.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
