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countervailing



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Due in part to these unusual countervailing forces, the trading pattern of SpaceX shares has resembled that of a penny stock on the pink sheets.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

“The countervailing tension exists between avoiding estate tax through lifetime transfers and avoiding capital gains tax through step-up at death,” he says.

From MarketWatch Oct. 22, 2025

The Commerce Department will issue antidumping duty orders and countervailing duty orders on such imports as a result.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 21, 2025

The 10-percent lumber tariff stacks on anti-dumping and countervailing duties the country faces, and the United States recently more than doubled these to 35 percent.

From Barron's Oct. 14, 2025

But he saw that other factors were exerting a countervailing force.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson



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