counterbalance
Example Sentences
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“This factor acts as a counterbalance to geopolitical optimism, limiting the magnitude of upward moves.”
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Over the past year, some stores raised prices, cut costs and canceled plans to counterbalance more expensive imports.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 1, 2026
They also sought better relations with the US as a counterbalance to their dependence on China, at a time when the Obama administration was making its celebrated "pivot" to Asia.
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026
Societies would need to eliminate all emissions they reasonably can, then counterbalance the "residual" emissions that cannot be removed.
From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2025
In that role, Rabi strove to present a reasoned counterbalance to Strauss’s unrelenting opposition to a test ban.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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