as in to offset
to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective
this medication will counteract the symptoms but it won't kill the infection
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Recent Examples of counteract
Some of the answers involved first sorting out what the administration is and isn’t doing before trying to counteract it.
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Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
One of the few ways companies have to counteract such downward pressure on their stock prices is to deliver stronger profits.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Applebee offered a high school coach’s perspective on how his team might try to counteract that look — and what his teams couldn’t do.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2025
Many families are now getting caught up on vaccines, but data shows that antivaccine misinformation that increased during the pandemic continues to counteract those gains in vaccine uptake.
—Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
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Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
One of the few ways companies have to counteract such downward pressure on their stock prices is to deliver stronger profits.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Applebee offered a high school coach’s perspective on how his team might try to counteract that look — and what his teams couldn’t do.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2025
Many families are now getting caught up on vaccines, but data shows that antivaccine misinformation that increased during the pandemic continues to counteract those gains in vaccine uptake.
—Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 30 Jan. 2025
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An Alexa subscription fee could help Amazon offset the high cost of AI development, and make the digital assistant a more profitable business, said Jitesh Ubrani, a research manager overseeing wearables and other devices at IDC.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
26 Feb. 2025
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Tax-loss harvesting is an investment technique used to reduce taxable income by selling securities at a loss to offset capital gains.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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And with Solis and Briana Webb — who led Piedmont with 19 points — attacking them inside and getting them in foul trouble, the Highlanders neutralized Tech’s size advantage.—
Devin Bradshaw,
The Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2025
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But the United States will thrive only if Washington recognizes the danger of so many intersecting national fault lines and neutralizes these risks through patient and open-ended diplomacy.—
Michael Kimmage,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Cappa's release didn't take long to correct, as he was signed by the Raiders on a new two-year, $11 million deal.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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The audit said the unit also needed to more in helping to correct the behavior that led to those citations for the benefit of animals and the community. KC Pet Project won the city contract by promising to provide that better-balanced approach.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Counteract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counteract. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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