counteract
Example Sentences
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Senescent cells appear to survive by producing unusually high levels of GPX4 to counteract the dangerous conditions inside the cell.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
"On the other hand, we have not yet been able to fully counteract the impact of major shifts in the business environment, such as US tariffs and developments in the Middle East."
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
The question is, how does A.I.-based research either reinforce or counteract the biases in information-gathering processes that journalists already use?
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
The NBA has worked to counteract the incentives to tank, including by smoothing the odds of that lottery to narrow the odds between the merely bad teams and the abjectly awful ones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
I can’t even sit long enough to draw—I’m pacing back and forth on deck to counteract the motion of the sea again.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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Vocabulary lists containing counteract
"Don't ban peanuts at school"
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Academic Vocabulary, Unit 3
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Part 3 Vocabulary (Unit 3)
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