as in opposes
to strive to reduce or eliminate
efforts to counter poverty in every sector of our country
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as in offsets
a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective
strong moral guidance at home is the best counter to the pernicious allure of popular culture
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as in opposites
something that is as different as possible from something else
her version of the domestic dispute was almost the exact counter of what actually happened
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Recent Examples of counters
Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 20 May 2026
And anything that counters our beliefs will harm us.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Weighing just 18 pounds (8 kilograms), the chair is light enough to pick up one handed but bulky enough to stay grounded, while a fiber layer atop the cushion similarly counters the flaws of its predecessor by preventing unwanted moisture or noises.
—Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
Indiana counters with the interior presence of Aliyah Boston, who has three All-Star bids in three seasons.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 May 2026
Anxiety produces shallow, rapid breathing, and reversing that pattern directly counters the stress response.
—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026
Termini counters DraftKings’ assertion that the NCAA’s deal with Genius Sports undermines its position.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Their microbes harvested calories more efficiently, which counters weight gain.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 25 Mar. 2026
At shorter ranges, the ForceShield short-range and very-short-range air defense (SHORAD/VSHORAD) layer counters low-altitude threats such as drones.
—David Szondy
march 12, New Atlas, 12 Mar. 2026
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
may 22, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
The country's airports, highways, rental counters and hotel front desks are about to face the first real stress test of the season.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026
Below are four of the newest counters in Denver.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
The data varies on the exact number of barrels per day Cuba consumes, but according to Worldometer, a reference website that provides real-life statistics and counters, the number stands at about 112,423 barrels per day.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 May 2026
OpenAI counters that Musk is looking to boost his own firm, xAI.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Try wiping handles after cooking dinner or while cleaning kitchen counters each evening.
—Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
Wipe down counters daily to remove sugary residues.
—Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 13 May 2026
Leap provided the counters, shelves, furniture, and POS system.
—Anne Kadet, Curbed, 12 May 2026
Verb
But the administration counters that the law creating the Temporary Status Protection Program bars any judicial review of which migrants may live and work in the United States.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 20 May 2026
And anything that counters our beliefs will harm us.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
Weighing just 18 pounds (8 kilograms), the chair is light enough to pick up one handed but bulky enough to stay grounded, while a fiber layer atop the cushion similarly counters the flaws of its predecessor by preventing unwanted moisture or noises.
—Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
Indiana counters with the interior presence of Aliyah Boston, who has three All-Star bids in three seasons.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 May 2026
Anxiety produces shallow, rapid breathing, and reversing that pattern directly counters the stress response.
—Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 May 2026
Termini counters DraftKings’ assertion that the NCAA’s deal with Genius Sports undermines its position.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Their microbes harvested calories more efficiently, which counters weight gain.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 25 Mar. 2026
At shorter ranges, the ForceShield short-range and very-short-range air defense (SHORAD/VSHORAD) layer counters low-altitude threats such as drones.
—David Szondy
march 12, New Atlas, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
Old food debris was found on the floor beneath all cooking equipment, shelves, prep counters and refrigerators.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
may 22, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
The country's airports, highways, rental counters and hotel front desks are about to face the first real stress test of the season.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026
Below are four of the newest counters in Denver.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
The data varies on the exact number of barrels per day Cuba consumes, but according to Worldometer, a reference website that provides real-life statistics and counters, the number stands at about 112,423 barrels per day.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 May 2026
OpenAI counters that Musk is looking to boost his own firm, xAI.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Try wiping handles after cooking dinner or while cleaning kitchen counters each evening.
—Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
Wipe down counters daily to remove sugary residues.
—Kate Van Pelt, The Spruce, 13 May 2026
Leap provided the counters, shelves, furniture, and POS system.
—Anne Kadet, Curbed, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counters
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The people around Trump support these equivocations because anyone who opposes Trump’s ideas in the White House will be shown the door; any Republican who speaks up in Congress will be primaried out of their seat.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2026
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Like all the candidates, Hopkins opposes the plan.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2026
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Future removals, offsets, shifting baselines, and technological breakthroughs can keep many strategies plausible at once.—
London Business School,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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Our analysis finds that F1 racing could achieve substantial cuts in emissions – but getting all the way to net zero will still require carbon offsets.—
Caitlin Grady,
The Conversation,
19 May 2026
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His life is both ordinary and extraordinary, and the storytelling holds those seeming opposites in pleasing tension.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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The crisis and the renewal are not opposites.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
Verb
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Democrats want a party that fights, a party that can rebuild and regain the trust of the American people, that can focus on the issues that the American people care about.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 May 2026
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Most fights consist of dealing with waves of basic grunts with the occasional bruiser or shooter thrown in to keep you on edge.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
22 May 2026
Noun
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Seoul’s café culture balances design, craft and ritual at a high level.—
Melinda Sheckells,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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The accounting treatment removes the tariff impact from underlying cost of sales and inventory balances and ensures comparability of underlying year-on-year performance.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
19 May 2026
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Saturday’s blaze comes as the city combats a massive increase in fatal fires this year.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2026
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Avoiding posts on social media is the way DePaul student Loughman combats her health anxiety.—
Kate Perez,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
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These are all refreshing correctives to the texts that previously stood in for contemporary Japan internationally, including any number of small volumes about magical cafés, bookshops, or libraries, often with cats on their covers.—
Sarah Chihaya,
New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2026
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Some of these values—such as a disciplined commitment to physical fitness—are good and, in my opinion, necessary correctives to the enervating distractions of 21st-century living.—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Counters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counters. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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