counterbalance
Example Sentences
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Societies would need to eliminate all emissions they reasonably can, then counterbalance the "residual" emissions that cannot be removed.
From Science Daily
Although Brussels said food and services price rises are slowing, this was "counterbalanced by rising energy inflation".
From Barron's
The First Offset, went the argument, had been the use of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles to counterbalance the Soviet advantage in men and tanks in the early Cold War.
"The recent rally was extremely steep, so this is the counterbalance."
From Barron's
AWS is crucial for Amazon’s appeal to investors, counterbalancing an online retail operation that is much larger in scope but delivers much thinner margins.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
