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The shopping spree by the rich will not offset the spending cuts by the rest of the population.

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Over the years, developers in San Diego have been required to fork over money to offset the impact of their development.

Early hot spots like New York City have cooled off, but that decrease in new cases is offset by a surge in states like Texas, Arizona, California and Florida.

Urchin, Dungeness crab and clam biomass fell when otters were present, but these losses were offset by gains in fish and other invertebrates that rely on kelp.

So I’ve always believed that the euro is problematic, because you’re creating a currency, but without a single banking system, without a fiscal union, without offsets to deal with it.

Fortunately, Pomplamoose made some money to offset some of these expenses.

He plants a tree in Central America for every bottle of Tru spirits he sells to offset the carbon produced in manufacturing.

The wealthy want to be seen as even more parsimonious, to offset the incriminating millions in their bank accounts.

And the potential growth in those businesses could easily offset the loss of revenues from selling tobacco.

It provides $63 billion in sequester relief, which is partially offset by a $23 billion mix of spending cuts and “fees.”

The Constitution requires that reapportionment or redistricting take place every ten years to offset population changes.

Russia thought by joining hands with France she would offset the power of Germany and Austria.

To offset this, I paid Mike $600 a year, and employed his son Joe at $1.75 a day, for twenty weeks.

The two effects would consequently offset each other under such conditions.

We find a strong offset to the horror of Aztec cruelty in the very Bible, which we regard as the mainstay of our religious world.

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On this page you'll find 66 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to offset, such as: balance, cancel out, counteract, equal, negate, and neutralize.

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

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