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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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 -
One major question is how, or even whether, the city can use the parking revenue to help offset the budget deficit.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 July 2025
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This means Single-bit errors are automatically corrected in hardware and Double-bit errors are detected and flagged, but not corrected.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
14 July 2025
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The video has been taken down, corrected, and re-uploaded to our page.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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This productivity step-change neutralizes a historical advantage of mega-firms.—
Noah Ohrner,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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The assailant, a lone gunman with extremist affiliations, was quickly neutralized by Secret Service agents, but not before fatally wounding Trump.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 July 2025
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“Make up (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/make%20up%20%28for%29. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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