countervailing

Example Sentences

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Their grief and fury set in motion the countervailing force of justice that, no matter how belated, cannot be denied.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

“The countervailing tension exists between avoiding estate tax through lifetime transfers and avoiding capital gains tax through step-up at death,” he says.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 22, 2025

The Commerce Department will issue antidumping duty orders and countervailing duty orders on such imports as a result.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

The 10-percent lumber tariff stacks on anti-dumping and countervailing duties the country faces, and the United States recently more than doubled these to 35 percent.

From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025

But he saw that other factors were exerting a countervailing force.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson