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
  • Among them was a Whipple procedure, which is an operation that treats tumors and other conditions in the pancreas, small intestine and bile ducts, according to the Mayo Clinic.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The training procedure was that the aircraft commander flew the leg out.
    Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Easley, Nunn and Cline have also been the sole board members to vote against several other proposals, including the approval of this year’s budget.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • With the sandboxing proposal, companies could identify regulations that are obstructing their efforts, and ask for a waiver.
    Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • They’re typically retired, sitting on pensions and 401(k)s, and may be naive to the techniques favored by con artists and reprobates who run riot on the internet.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This one-day, two-night, ladies-only program teaches everything from skid recoveries, to correcting understeer and oversteer, to braking techniques, all with the aim of building confidence to drive on snow and ice.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Cash remains hopeful that the provision will be implemented later because cameras could both exonerate teachers who have been falsely accused of neglect and provide evidence against those teachers who do not follow state protocols.
    IndyStar, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Data is transmitted wirelessly using the same communication and power protocols XPANCEO developed for its smart contact lens prototypes.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The tactics of Liverpool’s summer have played out almost perfectly.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But protesters trying to counter Bovino’s raids have tactics of their own.
    Elliot Spagat, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With complete antiballistic missile means, China can significantly contain the enemy's strategic strike capabilities, which is of great significance.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • His or her voice is the means by which the author’s work is bodied forth, and is the main channel along which thought and feeling are to flow.
    Adam Verner September 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the midst of feeling helpless, Kate said an idea took shape to commemorate the victims.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
  • And the 18-year-old Mastantuono has already brought fresh ideas to Madrid’s attack.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Counterplan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterplan. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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