cancel out

phrasal verb

canceled out or cancelled out; canceling out or cancelling out; cancels out
: to reduce the effect of (something) : to be equal to (something) in force or importance but have an opposite effect
The costs cancel out the benefits.

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Thus the payments and receipts cancel out in the form of an economic transfer. James Broughel, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025 Anger at a broken system should never cancel out compassion for the people caught in its collapse. Nick Allardice, Time, 10 July 2025 But at Paramount the profits on the Big Pictures have more than canceled out the occasional losers, in part because pictures are kept to relatively modest budgets. Andrew Tobias, Vulture, 7 July 2025 That, of course, doesn't cancel out the possibility of returning players joining them. David Wysong, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for cancel out

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“Cancel out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cancel%20out. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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