offset
Example Sentences
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While wealthy clients are buying more than ever, they’re not offsetting the overall declines, he said.
He thinks this would help offset project and commercial launch risks related to the vessel contract.
Strong growth in the spring and summer offset a small contraction in GDP in the first quarter, positioning the economy to expand by at least 2% for the fourth year in a row.
From MarketWatch
That has been partially offset by weakness in mining and oil and gas extraction and a further decline in manufacturing, which has faced a particularly rough year thanks to tariffs.
Others, such as Elon Musk, talk about producing children as both necessary to offset declining population growth and a flex to colonize the galaxy with one’s descendants.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
