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offsetting

ADJECTIVE
compensative
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
compensatory
Synonyms


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Offsetting credit factors included the museum’s “very high debt relative to both cash and investments and to operations.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Offsetting his vocals were his assertive bass lines, the driving guitars of Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson, and the pounding drums of Brian Downey.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Offsetting the impact of tariffs on inflation is the willingness of high-end consumers to keep spending.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026

Offsetting that is the fact that the quantum-computing companies aren’t expected to achieve significant profits for years.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

Offsetting that virtue, Linear B was quite ambiguous.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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