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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For low-income beneficiaries receiving $850 to $900 a month, nearly the entire COLA would be offset by the premium hike, leaving them with just $1 to $3 more each month.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
19 July 2025 -
Being able to show up around 20 minutes before departure, not having to traverse terminals that require a train to the plane, comfortable seating, and not having to pay for WiFi that doesn’t even work well, more than offsets chasing points.—
Doug Gollan,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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The network soon corrected that reporting to indicate that the suspect had not come across the border.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 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.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacramento Bee,
3 Jan. 2025
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The threat has now been neutralized.—
Maya Eaglin,
NBC News,
22 Feb. 2025
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Proteins that were treated continued to be fluorescent, indicating that our thiol polymer neutralized the free radical and protected the protein.—
Aaron Priester,
The Conversation,
19 Feb. 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 2 Aug. 2025.
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