cancelers

variants or cancellers
plural of canceler
as in offsets
a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective bright decorative accents proved to be a canceler of the apartment's monotone color scheme

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Recent Examples of cancelers As for frequent last-minute cancelers? Judith Martin, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • To keep your plant happy and healthy, here’s the right way to water a spider plant to keep little offsets coming.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 June 2026
  • Unlike private debts, these types of federal debts can sometimes result in benefit offsets or other collection actions.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • The team’s coaches and players agreed to use their downtime to relearn the team’s defensive principles and to implement effective counters, such as a zone defense.
    John W. Davis, Oc Register, 5 July 2026
  • That decrease in crowd size didn't seem to affect business too negatively, as lines for indoor and window counters extended out the door and around the building throughout the morning.
    Nolan Rogalski, The Providence Journal, 5 July 2026
Noun
  • Those with higher balances will have more time to repay their loans, which will result in smaller monthly payments.
    Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
  • On the other side are banks and card issuers with payment credentials, points balances, financing capabilities and rich consumer data.
    Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • These are all refreshing correctives to the texts that previously stood in for contemporary Japan internationally, including any number of small volumes about magical cafés, bookshops, or libraries, often with cats on their covers.
    Sarah Chihaya, New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Some of these values—such as a disciplined commitment to physical fitness—are good and, in my opinion, necessary correctives to the enervating distractions of 21st-century living.
    Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Cancelers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancelers. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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