counteract
Example Sentences
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Powell, speaking to students at Harvard University, laid out the textbook case for patience: Energy disruptions tend to be short-lived, and monetary policy works too slowly to counteract them in real time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Building on this, the researchers explored whether adding NAC or Se to the diet could counteract those effects.
From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026
None of it did much to counteract the sense that life had become too expensive.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
Those sources of uncertainty could counteract positive signs the economy was previously showing and have made projecting the rest of the fiscal year far more difficult, the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 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
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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