canceler

variants or canceller
as in balance
a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective bright decorative accents proved to be a canceler of the apartment's monotone color scheme

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Recent Examples of canceler As for frequent last-minute cancelers? Judith Martin, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for canceler
Noun
  • Its improved flexibility, joint control, and mechanical balance enable it to mimic human movement more closely than ever before.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Warm yet breathable, polo sweaters strike the ideal balance for fall weather.
    Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The calendar, which is printed on carbon offset paper with vegetable inks, features a different rescue dog each month, each with their own survival story and wearing their own fabulous fascinator.
    Monique Jessen, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The bottom line is that when the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates, borrowing costs generally will come down; however, the offset is that the rate of return for checking and savings accounts will fall.
    Kevin Cerveny, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Their cars will be fitted with a ballast to compensate for the weight not gained in the absence of a vest.
    Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • But Stanfield in particular also serves as a moral compass, or at least a dose of common sense, offering ballast to the proceedings.
    Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Living on the counter-plantation, or the lakou, involves relying upon small-scale landholding to resist the oppressions of the traditional plantation, the factory, and more recently, the industrial farm.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Habanero Cafe features attentive servers who take your order at your table, but payment happens at the counter in the front foyer.
    Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Some of these values—such as a disciplined commitment to physical fitness—are good and, in my opinion, necessary correctives to the enervating distractions of 21st-century living.
    Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The 2025 College Rankings from Washington Monthly offer a corrective.
    Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Canceler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canceler. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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