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a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective
hard work can often be a counterweight to modest intelligence
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Recent Examples of counterweights
They should be cultivated as counterweights to an overpowering security establishment.
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Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 26 Apr. 2018
Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 26 Apr. 2018
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“Counterweights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterweights. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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