as in offsets
to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective
a mafioso thinking that he can compensate for the evil he's done by giving to charity
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And Republican initiatives to cut income tax rates and bolster a state credit that offsets a portion of local property tax bills also were left by the wayside.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2026 -
But Tirtir’s formula offsets this with soothing Centella asiatica (also known as cica).—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
21 Apr. 2026
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This version corrects the company name to Dubai Ports World.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2026
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Discover the altered gene, place healthy versions of the gene into innocuous viruses, give those to patients, hope that kickstarts the CFTR protein and corrects the problem.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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The treatment neutralizes the virus and blocks its ability to enter and infect healthy cells.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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Weapon neutralizes threats Known as a soft-kill weapon, the technology neutralizes threats without physically exploding or destroying them.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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“Compensates (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compensates%20%28for%29. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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