counterweights

plural of counterweight
as in offsets
a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective hard work can often be a counterweight to modest intelligence

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Recent Examples of counterweights In other words, emotion, empathy and irrationality could be seen as some of the most powerful counterweights to AI. — Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026 Then, an optimization algorithm repeatedly rearranged the drone’s heavy essentials, such as the battery, the circuit board, and the counterweights. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026 Carbon fiber rods connect batteries, a controller, some counterweights, and a motor and propeller. — IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2026 Built by the Mosler Safe Company in Ohio, the vault’s doors opened upward, activated by two massive counterweights that swung down at the press of a button. — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026 Other items from the ship, including the ballasts that served as counterweights for the human cargo, are remaining on display and will be returned to South Africa in two years. — ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026 When clinicians practice this way, patients still seek out peers — but as companions, not counterweights. — Scott Hamilton, STAT, 4 Mar. 2026 When the executive presides over the legislative branch and retains veto authority, meaningful institutional counterweights can become harder to sustain. — Sara Albrecht, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026 Each tram has eight passenger cars and is powered by a typical heavy-duty elevator mechanism with cables, counterweights, etc. — Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 28 Oct. 2025
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Noun
  • Chinese Money Plant Chinese money plants (Pilea peperomioides) often produce offsets or baby plants, which are easy to divide and repot into their own containers.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2026
  • And this does the latter quite nicely, the classic claret and blue along with a gold trim offsets the whole thing rather well.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Essential California checked out the trials, tested airport counters, walked through the terminal’s new gates and conversed with excited passengers looking forward to their next flight out of Burbank.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Speed The speed of a bill counter is self-explanatory — faster counters count more bills in a shorter time frame.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The debt snowball method focuses on paying off the smallest balances first to build motivation.
    — Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Rojas suggests exploring Net 30 accounts, a form of business credit in which balances must be paid within 30 days.
    — Maykel Gonzalez, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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“Counterweights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterweights. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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