countervailing

Example Sentences

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Without “cultural invention as a potential countervailing force,” the counter-counterculture filled the vacuum with the vulgar nihilism of digital norm evasion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

“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 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

Can there be any sort of countervailing force to power?

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2025

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

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