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
  • As manufacturers worldwide search for ways to offset labor shortages and improve production efficiency, Shanghai Electric is positioning embodied AI as a practical tool for factory automation rather than a standalone robotics showcase.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
  • The video and Internet losses were offset by Charter adding 406,000 mobile wireline subscribers, down from adding 500,000 total mobile wireline subscribers in the year-ago period.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026
Definition of offset
Verb
  • This post was corrected to reflect that the WHCA dinner will be held at the Waldorf Astoria.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 July 2026
  • Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 corrected a historical exclusion against women in the workforce, using incentives and quotas to address the imbalance.
    — Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of corrected
Verb
  • Now my own messy, inconvenient story had been absorbed and neutralized.
    — Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026
  • Kylian Mbappé, the most prolific goal scorer in the history of the World Cup’s knockout stage, was neutralized.
    — Mark Hodge, NBC news, 15 July 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 26 Jul. 2026.

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