counteracts

present tense third-person singular of counteract

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of counteracts The red counteracts the green, and the acidity helps neutralize the reaction. Maureen Choi, Glamour, 25 Sep. 2025 In combination, these strategies offer a blueprint for daily living that counteracts some of the evolutionary mismatches of modern life. William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 So when your internal temperature starts turning up the heat, this machine-washable cooling blanket counteracts it by enhancing air circulation and wicking any initial sweat. Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counteracts
Verb
  • One big reason why is that owner Matt Haney decided a few years ago to return Allman’s to its wood-cooking roots, scuttling the restaurant’s gas assist cookers and replacing them with two wood-burning Lang offsets.
    Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Tempo offsets some of our motions.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His studio team appreciates how subtle soft pink/white crystal lighting neutralizes the green of the glass.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The acid also neutralizes the baking soda and helps to eliminate its metallic flavor.
    Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Since 2013, Romana has specialized in advanced restorative and cosmetic dentistry that corrects or restores or enhances smiles.
    Shawn Price, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Which is why receiving feedback, especially the kind that calls us out or corrects us, can be so difficult.
    Susanne Biro, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But in the view of most drone commanders, the value of the program outweighs these risks.
    Simon Shuster, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
  • While the organization had some stretches of bad teams such as the early 2010's, the good drastically outweighs the bad for the Astros.
    Drew VonScio, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The pastel counterbalances the darker and mid-tones in the forecast.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The book counterbalances the weirdo factor with multiple heartwarming Disney Adult interviews, including one with an amputee who achieved a running goal at a Disney race and another in which a woman reprioritized, choosing a church mission trip instead of financing another Disney World adventure.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025

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“Counteracts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counteracts. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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