offset
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This led to supermarkets putting limits on how many eggs each customer could buy and both producers and retailers put prices up to offset their losses.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
“That helps offset rising costs of rent, utilities, gas increases, weaker demand, all of that.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
That latter point helps to explain why investors have turned a blind eye to weak sentiment, particularly since the wealthiest Americans are spending enough to offset any pullback from lower earners.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
It could help the Gulf economies offset U.S. tariff pressure and the Middle East war-related disruptions, Ansari says.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
It sold no more credit default swaps to Wall Street but did nothing to offset the 50 billion dollars’ worth that it had already sold.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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