counterweight

noun

coun·ter·weight ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌwāt

Synonyms of counterweight next

: an equivalent weight or force : counterbalance

counterweight transitive verb

Examples of counterweight in a Sentence

The crane has a heavy counterweight on the back. hard work can often be a counterweight to modest intelligence

Recent Examples on the Web On the other side of the Bronx River, Mr. Torres, 35, who is gay and Afro-Latino, has staked out a strikingly different project to the right of many of his peers, offering himself as a counterweight to his party’s leftward lurch. —

Nicholas Fandos, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023 And Chandler’s snarky, guarded response to the world became an essential, hilarious counterweight to the sentimentality of the rest of Friends. —

Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2023 So the coincidental release of Morrissey’s song acts as a counterweight to the half-baked ideas in Five Nights at Freddy’s. —

Armond White, National Review, 1 Nov. 2023 As a counterweight to the grim scenes, the film’s center features the humanity of Mr. Kim and the family. —

Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2023 Trudeau’s allegation came at a tricky time for allies, including the United States, which have been courting India as a counterweight to China. —

Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023 The Biden administration’s push to capitalize diplomatically on the demand for U.S.-built weapons has been particularly notable in Asia, where Washington has been working to bolster alliances as a counterweight to China’s expanding power. —

Eric Lipton, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023 Even so, with the benchmark 10-year Treasury already above 4 percent, bond yields are high enough to provide a buffer and substantial enough for high-quality bonds to perform their traditional functions: generating income and providing a counterweight to stocks. —

Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023 The Biden administration, meanwhile, has been aggressively courting India as a counterweight to China even as Modi has accelerated his country’s descent into autocracy. —

Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023 See More

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