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
Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
The recommendations comes after West Hollywood began exploring lowering or waiving fees altogether to attract more production and see if volume offsets the loss and a new state tax credit system is poised to bring more work back to California.
—Peter White, Deadline, 10 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
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
Business card users will also see $3,500 in annual benefits, including new hotel credits and offsets for purchases at Dell Technologies and Adobe.
—Hugh Son, CNBC, 18 Sep. 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
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
The recommendations comes after West Hollywood began exploring lowering or waiving fees altogether to attract more production and see if volume offsets the loss and a new state tax credit system is poised to bring more work back to California.
—Peter White, Deadline, 10 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
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
Business card users will also see $3,500 in annual benefits, including new hotel credits and offsets for purchases at Dell Technologies and Adobe.
—Hugh Son, CNBC, 18 Sep. 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
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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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Hold Cutting Boards In Place Some cutting boards are quite slick on top of counters, which is both unsafe and inconvenient when chopping food.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
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The defense counters that forcing remote appearances would violate Robinson’s right to be present in person for all stages of his capital prosecution, noting that the law doesn’t require a defendant to choose between personal attendance and the appearance of innocence.—
Stepheny Price , Melissa Chrise,
FOXNews.com,
24 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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His studio team appreciates how subtle soft pink/white crystal lighting neutralizes the green of the glass.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The acid also neutralizes the baking soda and helps to eliminate its metallic flavor.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Southern Living,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The clarification brings relief to borrowers who were recently notified of their forgiveness eligibility but may still be waiting for their balances to be zeroed out.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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Chime's status page, meanwhile, continued to show issues with banking features like viewing balances and mobile check deposit.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Galloway said the joy of actually using money—spending it or giving it away—vastly outweighs any possible upside of being one of the world’s many billionaires.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
20 Oct. 2025
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If the cost outweighs the benefit for your household, vote No.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
15 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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An episode of religious ecstasy in a depleted, soggy, English seaside town spirals toward violence—and culminates in one of the best endings in recent horror.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 Oct. 2025
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Considering that Supermassive is known for their alternate choices and endings, Little Nightmares III still feels like the source material.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Offsets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offsets. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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