counterplan

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Recent Examples of counterplan Trump’s 15-point-counterplan is equally maximalist, demanding a rollback of Iran’s nuclear program and the end of their funding proxies, according to Israel Channel 12. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026 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
  • When Díaz underwent the procedure to remove loose bodies from his elbow in late April, the Dodgers eyed a post-All-Star break return.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
  • The rules require buildings to have a clear plan for managing equipment failures, including specific procedures to assist residents who may be trapped.
    Joan Murray, CBS News, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • The proposal, which will be heard at Monday's city council meeting, is estimated by the city to cost between $15,000 and $25,000, primarily because of the cost of materials needed to suspend it at the new location.
    Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • The county exempted the proposal from CEQA, which requires projects to undergo an extensive state environmental review before breaking ground.
    Katie King, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • Remaining faithful to the shoe’s essential proportions and leather sole, this new expression is reimagined in Doha calfskin, the most prestigious leather in Church’s production, and finished through hand-dyeing and hand-antiquing with airbrushing techniques.
    Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 20 June 2026
  • For resistance training, that may mean starting with lighter weights and mastering technique before increasing load.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • Claude for Life Sciences outperforms human expert baselines on a range of complex life sciences tasks including understanding, manipulating and writing laboratory experiment protocols.
    Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026
  • The filing says that attorneys for Atmos would not agree on a protocol to preserve the evidence, and asks the judge to impose one.
    Steven Rosenbaum, CBS News, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • The administration pivoted last year to new detention tactics and has made fewer courthouse arrests than earlier this year, according to legal experts.
    Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026
  • Designing For What Comes Next The pressures facing CFOs are unlikely to ease as economic uncertainty, evolving regulations and increasingly sophisticated fraud tactics persist.
    Laurent Charpentier, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • But that may also make Iranian oil less attractive to China, which has been buying it at a discount because Iran under sanctions has few other means to sell.
    Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 22 June 2026
  • None of these senior members of this genocidal regime are good guys, by any means.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • In Labour circles, there is an old joke poking fun at Burnham’s chameleon-like ability to blend into whichever set of ideas is in vogue on the left at that moment in time.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 20 June 2026
  • That idea guided nearly every aspect of the wardrobe.
    Precious Fondren, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026

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“Counterplan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterplan. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.

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