offset
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A group of budget airlines has asked Congress for relief from certain ticket taxes, and last month sought $2.5 billion in government assistance to help offset higher fuel costs.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
These losses could be used to offset gains in highly appreciated securities elsewhere in the portfolio.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
Shrinking the balance sheet will offset at least some of the expansion generated by several rounds of quantitative easing that the Fed initiated during and after the 2008 and 2020 recessions.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Many companies can’t lift prices to fully offset the costs.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Felicia could be very stubborn, too, but she had a gift that offset her stubbornness, a gift I admired very much.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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