counterplan

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Recent Examples of counterplan Also in the news: The trial between Fox News and a voting machine company begins today and Republicans have yet to release a counterplan to the Biden administration's budget proposal. Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterplan
Noun
  • If the roaches always chose the exact same angle of escape, predators might devise a counterstrategy, Branco points out.
    Tom Siegfried, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2023
  • But the government came up with a brutally clever counterstrategy.
    Annia Ciezadlo, Wired, 3 Nov. 2021
Noun
  • Estrada Juarez is among many immigrants arrested for deportation at courthouses since last year, a practice that breaks from longstanding former procedure.
    Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The issue was surrounding his leg amputation surgery, a procedure that involves stretching the muscles and suturing them to provide the bone with padding.
    Jacob Louraine, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Local opposition grows Organizers say opposition to the detention center has grown across Walton County, with residents urging state and federal leaders to reconsider the proposal.
    CBS News Atlanta Staff, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • One Cold War era proposal known as Project Honey Badger envisioned inserting about 2,400 special operations troops into Iran using more than 100 aircraft.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • At Kakō and Saki, guests feast on seasonal Japanese ingredients highlighting traditional and modern techniques.
    Lois Alter Mark, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Reverse-creaming is the secret to tender cakes Reverse creaming is a technique in which dry ingredients are mixed with butter prior to adding any wet ingredients.
    Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Avalanche safety protocol calls for skiers to spread themselves out when crossing terrain where an avalanche might slide, whether underfoot or down from above.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 9 Mar. 2026
  • One of the involved officers was also taken to another nearby hospital, per protocol, the release said.
    Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The film expands from the isolated case of one prison outward to the governor’s mansion, where the age-old conflict between states’ rights and federal intervention is in reality a political tactic to keep abuses like this covered up.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Other plaintiffs’ attorneys, however, have called the CEO’s threat of yanking the product a scare tactic.
    Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Starting a garden means walking into a hardware store and facing walls of tools engineered to separate you from your cash.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Trump has tried to continue his tariffs via other means, although his latest across-the-board 15% tariff is limited to 150 days unless Congress votes to extend it.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • That idea was put forth way back in 1929 by Fritz Zwicky, the same Fritz Zwicky who coined the term supernova and was the first to theorize the existence of dark matter.
    Big Think, Big Think, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Invite friends to share their recent creative ideas with you to revel in mutual inspiration.
    Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2026

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“Counterplan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterplan. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.

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