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Example Sentences
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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
If either of these ratios were to fall back below their lows of a couple of weeks ago, that would cancel out the sell signal.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026
That would help cancel out the scents I remembered from the processing shed.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
