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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Improved performance could allow translators to offset the lower cost-per-word by translating higher volumes of text, though Kutylowski notes that AI tools are allowing some businesses to bring translation in-house rather than outsourcing to professionals.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
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Something resembling the Singaporean arrangement could be one way to offset these challenges.—
Marina Lopes,
The Atlantic,
6 Oct. 2025
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Companies can correct perceptions of unfairness by clearly communicating the value, argues Zhang.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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Tarik Skubal course-corrected For now, the story of Detroit’s season is its historic collapse down the stretch.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The idea of carrying that many left-handers wouldn’t just be to get those guys out of the game or to neutralize a Schwarber or Harper.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
4 Oct. 2025
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The Fever closed out the game from the line with Sims – who had 18 points – and Mitchell combining to hit five of six in the final seconds to neutralize Aces star Chelsea Gray’s back-to-back three pointers.—
Frank Nunns O'Connell 11 hr ago,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 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 7 Oct. 2025.
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