counterforces

variants or counter-forces
plural of counterforce
as in counters
a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective the belief that higher interest rates are an effective counterforce to inflationary pressures

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Noun
  • Responding authorities found the residence in disarray, with blood splattered on the furniture, walls, floor and counters, the DA's office said.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The city has a strong reputation for dive bars, sandwich counters, and an abundance of pierogie spots—there’s no shortage of places to explore.
    Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When the probes combine multiple views or colors to create a single image, tiny color offsets — caused by seconds-long delays between camera channels — sometimes appear, and are normally dismissed as image noise.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • And past models failed to consider cost offsets from recovering valuable isotopes for medical, industrial, and space applications.
    Kathryn Huff, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Overall, the Evolve2 85 is an incredibly versatile pair of headphones that perfectly balances between work and play.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2025
  • This copolymer balances strength for everyday applications with cold-temperature flexibility, working equally well in packaging and marine equipment.
    Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Counterforces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterforces. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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