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offset
verb as in counterbalance, compensate
Example Sentences
This means companies like Coca-Cola—whose CEO, James Quincey, noted that they import aluminum for cans from Canada—are scrambling to find ways to offset potential price hikes.
The recent House Republican budget would add an additional $4 trillion, only part of which will be offset with investment-driven economic growth.
Any emissions the industry cannot eliminate will need to be offset by what the CCC calls "engineered removals".
"We have also designated additional land to offset the loss of tiger habitats and will rehabilitate other species affected by the project as well," he said.
A truly insidious horror film might have found a way to use bloody humor as a nervous grace note to offset what’s tangibly distressing about our gnawing powerlessness.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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