cancel out
Example Sentences
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Two weeks later, higher gasoline and energy prices stemming from the conflict could cancel out the effects of those higher refunds, economists say.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 14, 2026
It recognized that improvement through treatment should not cancel out evidence of injury.
From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026
It can also cancel out disturbances that affect all of the atoms in the same way.
From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026
Traders who bet that winter was over and that gas prices would fall have had to buy futures this week to cancel out those short positions, adding to this week’s price gains.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
When a crest from one piston runs into a trough from the other, the two cancel out; if you look carefully at the pattern of ripples, you can see lines of still, wave-free water.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
