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vis-a-vis

noun as in counterpart

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“We’re seeing substantial asset inflation away from the dollar, as people are looking for ways to effectively de-dollarize, or derisk their portfolios vis-à-vis U.S. sovereign risk,” he said in an interview with Bloomberg.

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She says an ongoing assessment is seeking to substantiate if citizenship by investment constitutes "an abuse of the visa-free regime those countries enjoy vis-à-vis the EU and whether it is likely to lead to security risks for the EU".

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Boasberg also acknowledged that the U.S. and El Salvador seemed to have “struck a diplomatic bargain vis-à-vis the detainees.”

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History demonstrates that the worst thing we can do vis-à-vis wannabe dictators is being silent and apathic.

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The women’s reexamination of their complex dad’s demons and flaws, vis-à-vis these unearthed creations, proves illuminating and poignant.

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

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