cancel out
Example Sentences
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Failure to pay can result in a jail term - but even that doesn't cancel out the debt.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
These repeated interactions can either build up or cancel out rotation.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
Any amount you convert is subject to income-tax rates of up to 37%—but the senior deduction can help cancel out that tax, Adams says.
From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026
The standard advice for a central bank facing an oil shock is to look past it on the theory that the hit to growth and the boost to inflation roughly cancel out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
This would cause many of the possible infinities to cancel out, but it was suspected that some infinities might still remain.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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