offset

Example Sentences

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Hershey has been cutting costs and raising prices to offset higher cocoa prices.

From MarketWatch

Eli Lilly’s outlook remains brighter, but only because a strong surge in volume is expected to offset the drag of recent price cuts.

From The Wall Street Journal

So if someone makes money on an investment like stocks, then their prediction-market losses could offset their short-term capital gains and can potentially go toward an annual $3,000 deduction on all capital losses.

From MarketWatch

A flatter curve, he said, also has the potential to “offset fiscal concerns.”

From MarketWatch

Higher prices and a weaker yen helped offset the impact of U.S. tariffs on the automaker’s profits.

From Barron's