countervail
verb
coun·ter·vail
ˌkau̇n-tər-ˈvāl 
countervailed; countervailing; countervails
1
: to compensate for
3
: to exert force against : counteract
: to exert force against an opposing and often bad or harmful force or influence
Examples of countervail in a Sentence
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Across the town, there’s despair and creative destruction and all sorts of countervailing indicators.
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Josef Adalian, Vulture, 6 June 2023
But as the debt ceiling deadline nears, McCarthy may face countervailing pressure to compromise as well.
—Paul Kane, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
But if innovation is happening at speed, countervailing regulation is also gathering momentum.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 11 May 2023
And how do these countervailing forces shape personal identity?
—Julia M. Klein, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
Rivera Garza shifts between timelines, her middle-aged anguish a countervailing weight against the light of Liliana’s brief life.
—Hamilton Cain, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023
One interesting countervailing trend is the fact that more and more paper money is going out into the world.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Oct. 2020
Conservatives must combine their valid defense of free markets with pragmatic, effective plans to countervail their failures.
—Terrence Keeley, National Review, 25 Jan. 2023
Which puts the onus on immunity, or sheer luck on the variant side, to countervail, which are gambles as well.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2022
Josef Adalian, Vulture, 6 June 2023
But as the debt ceiling deadline nears, McCarthy may face countervailing pressure to compromise as well.
—Paul Kane, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
But if innovation is happening at speed, countervailing regulation is also gathering momentum.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 11 May 2023
And how do these countervailing forces shape personal identity?
—Julia M. Klein, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
Rivera Garza shifts between timelines, her middle-aged anguish a countervailing weight against the light of Liliana’s brief life.
—Hamilton Cain, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023
One interesting countervailing trend is the fact that more and more paper money is going out into the world.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Oct. 2020
Conservatives must combine their valid defense of free markets with pragmatic, effective plans to countervail their failures.
—Terrence Keeley, National Review, 25 Jan. 2023
Which puts the onus on immunity, or sheer luck on the variant side, to countervail, which are gambles as well.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2022
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“Countervail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/countervail. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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