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counteracting

adjective as in corrective

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They should use the state’s power and influence to mount a pro-environment offense, counteracting as much of the impending damage as possible.

Trump’s appointees supported fossil fuel interests on several fronts during his previous term, for instance by counteracting state subsidies to favor coal and gas plants.

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He wrote that he saw Appalachians “reacting to bad circumstances in the worst way possible” and that they were products of “a culture that encourages social decay instead of counteracting it”.

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Much of the rainfall fell in the first half of April, counteracting the above-average temperatures.

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Tides, which is a public charity, set up a fund to consistently support grassroots organizations who try to increase voter participation, counteracting the deluge of funding in election years and drought in others.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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