offset
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The following January, it announced an environmental offset company had donated more than 500 acres near Elizabeth Lake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
The carmaker has been expanding its overseas presence to diversify revenue sources and offset slowing domestic demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
"North American refineries sustained high operating rates during the quarter but were unable to fully offset reduced global refining capacity availability," according to the remarks.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Cocoa costs have soared over the past several years, and raising prices is one way manufacturers offset those pressures,” says Erin Lash, the director of community equity research at Morningstar.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
In a storm, when the air pressure sank, you had to offset that drop against the altimetric reading, and very often it was a crude rule-of-thumb calculation.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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Intel’s PC weakness “more than” offsets the strength it is showing in its data-center and AI segment, Arya wrote in a note to clients.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
U.S. natural gas futures gave back Friday’s gains with soft LNG exports, strong production and healthy storage remaining as offsets to summertime cooling demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Across the study area, the researchers estimated that rock weathering offsets about 35 percent of river CO2 emissions on average.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
It positions investors to profit from a stock rally and offsets the elevated implied volatility that now defines SpaceX calls.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
"Vogel’s got software for calculating course offsets caused by hull breaches, right?"
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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South Korea’s economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter, as the artificial-intelligence boom continued to drive strong semiconductor exports, offsetting weakness elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
For Fielder, who is equal parts lovably strange and dryly hilarious, offsetting other people’s discomfort can be a sizable task.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
That came after GDP expanded around 1.2% in the first half of the year, outpacing the U.S. and offsetting the worst fears that the war in Iran would hit the U.K. hard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
But this stable aggregate masks large cross-country offsetting movements.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Me and TaShon lean back, offsetting the tree’s drop into the water.
From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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