counterbalance
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"We initially thought the kidney-protective effects of SGLT2 inhibitors might counterbalance the potential harms associated with DCCBs," said Dr. Agur.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
“Badlands,” where Springsteen exhorts, “talk about a dream, try to make it real,” comes after “Tom Joad” as a counterbalance to the tale of hope and despair that precedes it.
From Salon ● May 28, 2026
"And the best way to counterbalance it is with a living example, with reality,"
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
While the rise of Catholicism in Africa serves as a counterbalance to the growing secularization of the West, it comes with its own set of challenges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
As a counterbalance, then, we begin with that everfresh and exciting odium: the author’s formal introduction.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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But as fertility rates fall, migration counterbalances the negative effects of an ageing population and labour force contraction, the report said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
This distant mass counterbalances the Local Group's gravity.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026
But he cites longstanding maritime connections and the military police as reassuring counterbalances.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2023
Markley is alert to “the chum slick of glossy greenwashing” in the carbon lobby’s ads and counterbalances the outsize climate calamities with near-future predictions that feel a lot like the present.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2023
The action of the lymphatic vessels counterbalances those of nutrition, and thus the form and size of every part of the body is preserved.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter
Chief Justice John Roberts, who authored the opinions in Slaughter and Cook, handed them down as a paired set, as though one counterbalanced the other.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
To keep his equations from predicting a collapsing universe, he introduced the cosmological constant as a kind of repulsive effect in empty space that counterbalanced gravity.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
There is certainly pain and grief involved in the Moriah Wilson story, but each such moment here is counterbalanced by another dazzling photo of the cyclist’s smiling face.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
You might wonder why this negative effect isn’t counterbalanced by the more upbeat mood of investors whose favorite team has won.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026
The Mechagodzilla’s slow movement and attacks counterbalanced its seeming invulnerability.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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And then the relationship with Andi is so counterbalancing in a really delightful way.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Another is Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, which adviser Mike Casey, who is based in Alexandria, Va., suggested as a way to provide an inflation hedge for retirees — something that is important beyond simply counterbalancing stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026
AWS is crucial for Amazon’s appeal to investors, counterbalancing an online retail operation that is much larger in scope but delivers much thinner margins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
"Our research suggests that the counterbalancing temperature and emission feedbacks should be considered to improve the accuracy of climate change predictions in the Arctic."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 26, 2024
“I will here express but one sentiment,” Hamilton warned his Federalist colleagues, “which is, the Dismemberment of our Empire will be a clear sacrifice...without any counterbalancing good.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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