countervailing
Example Sentences
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“The countervailing tension exists between avoiding estate tax through lifetime transfers and avoiding capital gains tax through step-up at death,” he says.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2025
The 10-percent lumber tariff stacks on anti-dumping and countervailing duties the country faces, and the United States recently more than doubled these to 35 percent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
The countervailing question is whether Ms. Sears can present voters with an alternative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
Can there be any sort of countervailing force to power?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2025
But he saw that other factors were exerting a countervailing force.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
