Thesaurus results for MAKE UP (FOR)

make up (for)

verb

Definition of make up (for)

as in to 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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Omdia’s recent study found that the volume of phones under $400 will decline, while higher price points will offset the decline.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Tehran has leaned on this asymmetric approach for decades, betting that a swarm of small, hard-to-detect boats can offset its lack of larger, more advanced submarines.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 11 July 2026

Definition of offset

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Long before ambient documentation arrived, patients were already reconciling medication lists, catching referral failures, correcting demographic mistakes, and trying to make sense of conflicting recommendations from different specialists.

— Demetri Giannikopoulos, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
This story has been updated to correct the month Leftie Lee’s will close and the date of Tio Lucho’s fundraiser.

— Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of correct

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Along with the main shades in the lineup, there are seven color-correcting options that neutralize, brighten, and leave skin looking more refined.

— Tanya Sharma, InStyle, 4 July 2026
Baking soda works by absorbing odors and neutralizing musty, acidic smells from mildew, mold, and bacteria.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 July 2026

Definition of neutralize

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