as in corrects
to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective
if you get a high grade on this quiz, it will offset the D from your last one
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as in counters
a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective
a better performance this time will be an offset to last year's dismal showing
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as in cessations
the stopping of a process or activity
symptoms that were striking for their abrupt onset and their equally abrupt offset
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Recent Examples of offsets
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
Rose Glass' directorial debut is an ecclesiastical horror that offsets the fine line between devotion and delusion, all while stirring the painful emotions of loneliness and trauma.
—Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
Founder Sam Bertram, who started the business with his brother, said the company offsets that environmental impact by purchasing clean energy for its facility.
—Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
One big reason why is that owner Matt Haney decided a few years ago to return Allman’s to its wood-cooking roots, scuttling the restaurant’s gas assist cookers and replacing them with two wood-burning Lang offsets.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
Tempo offsets some of our motions.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Stroud’s tangible humility offsets his larger-than-life stature.
—Aaron Heisen, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2025
While the scientists union agreed to a leave program this year that offsets their employees’ salary increases, next year’s raises, which range between 3% and 5%, will not be negated by an additional leave program.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Kirby, also one of the producers, deftly offsets Lynette’s sharp edges with a haunted quality; as a vehicle for the skilled actress, Night Always Comes is certainly solid and always absorbing.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Michael Santoli, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
When the probes combine multiple views or colors to create a single image, tiny color offsets — caused by seconds-long delays between camera channels — sometimes appear, and are normally dismissed as image noise.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
And past models failed to consider cost offsets from recovering valuable isotopes for medical, industrial, and space applications.
—Kathryn Huff, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Control their spread by digging up and removing any bulb offsets.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
Thanks to such voodoo carbon accounting, sellers of forest carbon offsets elsewhere are having to refund buyers due to unmet growth projections.
—John P. O’Brien, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
These benefits are driven in large part by type 2 diabetes outcomes, where cost offsets from fewer hospitalizations and complications outweigh drug costs.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Destructive offsets are used to buy rights to destroy more.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
Global streamers have broadly rejected the necessity of quotas, claiming their local investment in content and jobs offsets them.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
Rose Glass' directorial debut is an ecclesiastical horror that offsets the fine line between devotion and delusion, all while stirring the painful emotions of loneliness and trauma.
—Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
Founder Sam Bertram, who started the business with his brother, said the company offsets that environmental impact by purchasing clean energy for its facility.
—Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
One big reason why is that owner Matt Haney decided a few years ago to return Allman’s to its wood-cooking roots, scuttling the restaurant’s gas assist cookers and replacing them with two wood-burning Lang offsets.
—Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
Tempo offsets some of our motions.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Stroud’s tangible humility offsets his larger-than-life stature.
—Aaron Heisen, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2025
While the scientists union agreed to a leave program this year that offsets their employees’ salary increases, next year’s raises, which range between 3% and 5%, will not be negated by an additional leave program.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Kirby, also one of the producers, deftly offsets Lynette’s sharp edges with a haunted quality; as a vehicle for the skilled actress, Night Always Comes is certainly solid and always absorbing.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
The deceleration in hiring, uptick in corporate layoffs, still-weak consumer confidence, struggling housing market are all partial offsets to the thriving corporate and capex sector.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
When the probes combine multiple views or colors to create a single image, tiny color offsets — caused by seconds-long delays between camera channels — sometimes appear, and are normally dismissed as image noise.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
And past models failed to consider cost offsets from recovering valuable isotopes for medical, industrial, and space applications.
—Kathryn Huff, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Control their spread by digging up and removing any bulb offsets.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
Thanks to such voodoo carbon accounting, sellers of forest carbon offsets elsewhere are having to refund buyers due to unmet growth projections.
—John P. O’Brien, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
These benefits are driven in large part by type 2 diabetes outcomes, where cost offsets from fewer hospitalizations and complications outweigh drug costs.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Destructive offsets are used to buy rights to destroy more.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for offsets
Verb
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Since 2013, Romana has specialized in advanced restorative and cosmetic dentistry that corrects or restores or enhances smiles.—
Shawn Price,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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Which is why receiving feedback, especially the kind that calls us out or corrects us, can be so difficult.—
Susanne Biro,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Wipe down any small appliances (don’t forget underneath), bottles or storage containers, or decorations on your counters to remove dust or grease buildup every week.—
Lauren Wicks,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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The defense counters that there was also a flashing light.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Temporary cessations of hostility, but no permanent closing of the moral and social divide between debtor and creditor, and no giving up on the thought that some lives matter more than others.—
Henry Freedland,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This is because potassium neutralizes acids that can contribute to bone loss.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
7 Nov. 2025
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While most scented soaps do a mediocre job of masking food smells with harsh, cheap fragrances, Naomi’s scrub neutralizes offending odors with bread-yeast enzymes, then leaves behind subtle, but incredibly luxurious notes of bergamot, black pepper, sandalwood, and ginger.—
Editors of Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Inside, the design balances warmth and innovation.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
4 Nov. 2025
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About 5 million people use Propel's app to check their SNAP balances, and get coupons and discounts on groceries.—
Maria Aspan,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Cook said the risk of further weakness in the labor market outweighs the risk of rising inflation.—
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CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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But global need far outweighs that support.—
NPR,
NPR,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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These are not radical demands, but overdue correctives necessary for restoring public trust in higher education.—
Ilya Shapiro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In The Gallery, in the 2021 version, there were six different endings.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
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The CtrlMovie system allows for both single- and multi-player decision-making that allows for different endings based on participants’ choices.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Offsets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offsets. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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