as in offsets
a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective
her frugality is a much-needed equipoise to her husband's spendthrift ways
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When the probes combine multiple views or colors to create a single image, tiny color offsets — caused by seconds-long delays between camera channels — sometimes appear, and are normally dismissed as image noise.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025 -
And past models failed to consider cost offsets from recovering valuable isotopes for medical, industrial, and space applications.—
Kathryn Huff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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Hold Cutting Boards In Place Some cutting boards are quite slick on top of counters, which is both unsafe and inconvenient when chopping food.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
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The defense counters that forcing remote appearances would violate Robinson’s right to be present in person for all stages of his capital prosecution, noting that the law doesn’t require a defendant to choose between personal attendance and the appearance of innocence.—
Stepheny Price , Melissa Chrise,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Dieting can affect your metabolism as your body adjusts to getting fewer calories.—
Emily Brown,
Verywell Health,
23 Oct. 2025
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The therapeutic support core adjusts to your body’s curves, virtually eliminating pressure points.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The clarification brings relief to borrowers who were recently notified of their forgiveness eligibility but may still be waiting for their balances to be zeroed out.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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Chime's status page, meanwhile, continued to show issues with banking features like viewing balances and mobile check deposit.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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The smartphone camera equalizes this.—
Bill Schiffmiller,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Such pursuits may be the only way to shake off intellectual paralysis—the only way to remember what 2+2 actually equates.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
21 Oct. 2025
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For a culture like ours, which so closely equates value with productivity, this disruption poses an existential threat as much as an economic one.—
Jane Marie Chen,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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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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These are not radical demands, but overdue correctives necessary for restoring public trust in higher education.—
Ilya Shapiro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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After The Hunt follows a college professor (Julia Roberts) who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil (Ayo Edebiri) levels an accusation against one of her colleagues (Andrew Garfield), and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
11 Oct. 2025
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Two years out, the consensus rises modestly to $69, and to $77 five years from now, levels many independents say are too low to justify new drilling.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Equipoises.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equipoises. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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