counteract
Example Sentences
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While cutting the balance sheet would reduce liquidity in the financial system, lower interest rates would counteract the negative effect, he has said.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
It also suggests that lipid supplementation throughout the body could help counteract age-related changes in the immune system and may even play a role in blood cancers.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026
None of it did much to counteract the sense that life had become too expensive.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
AI’s sycophancy reinforces human confirmation bias, but users can employ tactics to counteract this tendency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
In other words, just like a vast majority of the crewmen, my job is to run side to side across the deck and back again to counteract the rolling motion of the sea.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing counteract
"Don't ban peanuts at school"
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Academic Vocabulary, Unit 3
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Part 3 Vocabulary (Unit 3)
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