counteracted

past tense of counteract

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Recent Examples of counteracted Korn Ferry North American workforce reward and benefits leader Ron Seifert told Fortune a modest pay increase of 2% can be counteracted by above-market pay. Nino Paoli, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
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Verb
  • Once again, supporters justified the measure in terms of equity, efficiency, and fairness; limiting the deduction would broaden the tax base (a good thing by itself) while also raising revenue that could be used to offset other tax cuts.
    Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In short, more noise leads to lower-quality outputs unless offset with a higher compute budget (FLOPs) or data budget (tokens).
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The ground game was largely neutralized, and the 49ers will need sustained drives and sharper execution to rebound.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
  • That neutralized the advantage Sabalenka would have expected, and forced Sabalenka into first hitting more shots than she’s used to, and then going for too-small margins because of Pegula’s defensive skills once the rallies started.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While a yellow placard signals two or more major violations, these are typically corrected or mitigated during the inspection, according to the Sacramento County Retail Food Inspection Guide.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Both are corrected automatically when using your camera for JPG images or video without any detriment to photos.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Counteracted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counteracted. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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