as in offset
to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective
the lavish present almost made up for her forgetting his birthday
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The dress featured two tones of green, with the bodice and long sleeves featuring a darker forest green tone offset by black buttons down the front placket and the skirt featuring an olive shade with a bubble hem motif.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
22 Sep. 2025 -
What's more, the rear chassis edge has a slight angle, and the trailing edge of the display is offset a bit.—
Mark Coppock,
PC Magazine,
21 Sep. 2025
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While a yellow placard signals two or more major violations, these are typically corrected or mitigated during the inspection, according to the Sacramento County Food Inspection Guide.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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In the offseason, Butker corrected his fall-down kicking style, which may have played in a role in him requiring in-season knee surgery last November.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
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Digital settler colonialism renders digital terrain as an extension of physical spaces ripe for colonization, relying on imperial sanction to target anti-colonial subjects and their supporters as enemies that must be neutralized by any means necessary.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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While the Prodigy troops have neutralized the Weyland-Yutani invasion for now, reinforcements are surely on the way.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Made up (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/made%20up%20%28for%29. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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