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cancelers

noun

variants or cancellers
plural of canceler
as in offsets
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 cancelers As for frequent last-minute cancelers? — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cancelers
  1. offsets
  2. counters
  3. balances
  4. correctives
Noun
  • Chinese Money Plant Chinese money plants (Pilea peperomioides) often produce offsets or baby plants, which are easy to divide and repot into their own containers.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2026
  • And this does the latter quite nicely, the classic claret and blue along with a gold trim offsets the whole thing rather well.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of offsets
Noun
  • The contemporary home includes high ceilings, hardwood floors, a kitchen with stone counters, a bedroom with a walk-in closet, and in-unit laundry.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The location also includes a bakery, hot food and salad bars, meat and seafood counters and a specialty cheese department.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of counters
Noun
  • The debt snowball method focuses on paying off the smallest balances first to build motivation.
    — Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Rojas suggests exploring Net 30 accounts, a form of business credit in which balances must be paid within 30 days.
    — Maykel Gonzalez, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of balances
Noun
  • These are all refreshing correctives to the texts that previously stood in for contemporary Japan internationally, including any number of small volumes about magical cafés, bookshops, or libraries, often with cats on their covers.
    — Sarah Chihaya, New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Definition of correctives

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“Cancelers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cancelers. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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