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as in offsetting
to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective
this medication will counteract the symptoms but it won't kill the infection
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Recent Examples of counteracting
Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2026
Upon learning about the technique, Vogue’s beauty shopping editor Kiana Murden realized this has been her secret to counteracting dryness all along.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2026
Potassium is an essential mineral that helps maintain healthy blood pressure by counteracting the water-retention effects of sodium.
—Carrie Madormo, Health, 4 Mar. 2026
Once vibrations are detected, the system intelligently recalibrates the positioning of the lens elements in real-time, effectively counteracting the effects of movement.
—Matt Morris, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Potassium supports heart health, counteracting sodium’s elevating effects on blood pressure.
—Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 5 Feb. 2026
The broad sense that the country is moving in the right direction may be counteracting Republican dissatisfaction with the state of the economy.
—Steve Peoples, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Presidential searches House Republicans are weighing the revival of a 2025 bill aimed at counteracting DeSantis’ increasingly outsize influence on university presidential searches.
—Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
First, the city must spread the word that combating these frauds and teaming up with whistleblowers is a priority, thus counteracting the perception that the city and its victim agencies are often uninterested in these claims.
—Randall Fox, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2026
Verb
Anecdotally, schools with bell-to-bell bans report livelier lunchtime conversations, and some research suggests that time and distance are critical for counteracting phones’ addictive tendencies.
—Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 9 Mar. 2026
Upon learning about the technique, Vogue’s beauty shopping editor Kiana Murden realized this has been her secret to counteracting dryness all along.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2026
Potassium is an essential mineral that helps maintain healthy blood pressure by counteracting the water-retention effects of sodium.
—Carrie Madormo, Health, 4 Mar. 2026
Once vibrations are detected, the system intelligently recalibrates the positioning of the lens elements in real-time, effectively counteracting the effects of movement.
—Matt Morris, Space.com, 4 Mar. 2026
Potassium supports heart health, counteracting sodium’s elevating effects on blood pressure.
—Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 5 Feb. 2026
The broad sense that the country is moving in the right direction may be counteracting Republican dissatisfaction with the state of the economy.
—Steve Peoples, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Presidential searches House Republicans are weighing the revival of a 2025 bill aimed at counteracting DeSantis’ increasingly outsize influence on university presidential searches.
—Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
First, the city must spread the word that combating these frauds and teaming up with whistleblowers is a priority, thus counteracting the perception that the city and its victim agencies are often uninterested in these claims.
—Randall Fox, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counteracting
Verb
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The transportation network, in hopes of surmounting its budget problems and offsetting rising labor costs, had increased last year what hotels paid annually by 5%, but did not want to go higher.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
28 Mar. 2026
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While compression reduces memory traffic and GPU-hours required per workload, lower costs per token could spur greater usage, potentially offsetting some of the demand impact.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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As the volunteer soccer coach shouted words of motivation, one of his players nudged the ball past the opposing team's goalie and into the net, prompting the sideline to erupt in cheers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Carmel’s Emerson Larson isn’t the type of pitcher who can surprise an opposing lineup.—
Steve Reaven,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Trump has repeatedly said the higher energy costs are a small price to pay for neutralizing Iran.—
Jarrett Renshaw,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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Seizing or neutralizing Kharg Island Kharg Island is the centerpiece of Iran’s oil export system.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Following the events of A Palace Near the Wind, Liu Lufeng and her siblings flee the Palace for the dangerous waters, which contain rebels, allies, and her sister Sangshu—though Sangshu’s conflicting loyalties may clash with Lufeng’s plan to keep them all safe.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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The legal conversation is settled, and far more explicit than other consequential decisions in which the court must weigh potentially conflicting precedents and nebulous congressional intent.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The resulting management overhead — spending elite engineering time correcting outputs and paying the high token costs of ungrounded prompts — eventually outweighs the initial speed of creation.—
Mohith Shrivastava,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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This suggests the players were continuously correcting their movements mid-execution.—
David Van den Heever,
The Conversation,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Hoang models the potential sales of these drugs by using Johnson & Johnson's Spravato, an intranasal ketamine derivative first approved to address treatment-resistant depression in 2019 , as a case study.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
29 Mar. 2026
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About 1 in 6 human infections tested in labs are resistant to antibiotics, contributing to over 4 million deaths a year.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Rodríguez represents just one of multiple and competing interests within a Venezuela elite composed of a precarious civil-military alliance officially committed to a leftist populist ideology called Chavismo.—
Rebecca Hanson,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2026
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Pope Leo’s emphasis on respect and dialogue suggests a desire to move beyond polarization, but competing interpretations of both doctrine and pastoral practice continue to divide American Catholics.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your nonfiction development pipeline grow?—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Mar. 2026
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His couplets—stitched together by a rhyme—typically saunter in contrary directions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Counteracting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counteracting. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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