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canceled (out)

verb

variants or cancelled (out)
past tense of cancel (out)
as in offset
to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective unfortunately, this one indiscretion will cancel out a long record of accomplishment

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canceled (out)
  1. offset
  2. corrected
  3. neutralized
Verb
  • Roebbelen said the setup generally offsets the property’s electricity consumption, although the pool house occasionally pushed use beyond that balance.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The company is backing three solar projects that Meta expects to add 645 megawatts to the grid to offset the data center’s power consumption.
    — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of offset
Verb
  • There are legitimate circumstances in which content may be corrected, challenged or removed.
    — Scott Keever, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • This story has been corrected to fix the spelling of Tatis' name.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of corrected
Verb
  • The incident had led to the race being initially neutralized behind the Safety Car before then being suspended altogether with a red flag to allow the barriers to be repaired.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Also on Sunday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces downed or neutralized almost 500 Ukrainian drones launched overnight.
    — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of neutralized
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“Canceled (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canceled%20%28out%29. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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