offset

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Increased factory activity and data center build-out offset flat consumer demand, with dry-van spot rates up 52% year-over-year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

It called for $130 million for the program each year for 10 years, and said any revenue shortfall would be offset with other state funds.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

That’s key; it means these companies, theoretically, are under-earning relative to their potential—and appear positioned to deliver enough pricing power to offset any rising product costs.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Healey added that if a defence contract is "sent overseas", the industry will be required to create jobs in the UK, in what he called a "British offset".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

To offset the solitude, I joked around with Lorraine, my assistant, a hyperorganized, good-humored African American woman several years my senior who sat just outside my office and answered my phone.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama