Thesaurus results for NEUTRALIZERS

neutralizers

noun

plural of neutralizer

as in counters

a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective a police crackdown that's intended as a neutralizer on the rising violence

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Recent Examples of neutralizers Both coffee grounds and coffee beans are natural odor neutralizers. — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 7 May 2026 The department has also installed gas wells to better control gas emissions, odor neutralizers to reduce stench, as well as various programs that convert landfill gas to energy, Alonso said. — Claire Wang, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026 Deodorize Trash Bins Banana peels work wonders as odor neutralizers. — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 10 Feb. 2026 Baking soda, coffee grounds, and vinegar are excellent odor neutralizers. — Emily Benda Gaylord, The Spruce, 17 Jan. 2026

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Progressive Field counters with Momocho’s gourmet nachos, a Slider Dog topped with Froot Loops, bacon and pimento mac and cheese, plus Ohio City Burrito’s massive burritos and famous queso.

— Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
Monolithic gray counters and softened architectural forms are interspersed with furniture and lighting from Yakusha’s Faina collection.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 14 July 2026

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The budget resolution has a top line of $95 billion in spending, and does not include instructions for offsets, a sore point for fiscal hawks who oppose spending without budgetary cuts to reduce spending levels.

— Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 17 July 2026
The resolution does not seek any offsets to pay for the new spending.

— Kevin Freking, Fortune, 15 July 2026

Definition of offsets

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That means late payments, unpaid balances and any resulting damage to credit can affect both people.

— Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
In the first quarter, for example, balances on home-equity lines of credit jumped $14 billion from a year earlier, to $446 billion, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

— Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

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These are all refreshing correctives to the texts that previously stood in for contemporary Japan internationally, including any number of small volumes about magical cafés, bookshops, or libraries, often with cats on their covers.

— Sarah Chihaya, New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2026
Some of these values—such as a disciplined commitment to physical fitness—are good and, in my opinion, necessary correctives to the enervating distractions of 21st-century living.

— Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025

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