as in to offset
to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective
the lavish present almost made up for her forgetting his birthday
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Property taxes were starting to increase faster than earnings from the flip tax (the thirty per cent that sellers had to pay back to the co-op on their profits) could offset them.—
Jennifer Wilson,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025 -
Michigan again went on a run in the third quarter, but other USC players contributed to offset Watkins who was being double, and triple teamed most of the game, and were able to pull the Trojans within one point going into the fourth quarter.—
Allison Smith,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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The station was damaged after its launch, forcing NASA to delay launching the crew and to map out and practice procedures for correcting Skylab’s problems.—
Alice George,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Mar. 2025
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The Cooper tires, despite clearly lacking some performance, provided something of a similar exposé as the heavy Challengers: revealing even momentary errors that needed correcting.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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These tests only focus on measuring antibody activity that would directly neutralize the bird flu virus.—
Will Stone,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, tea tree extract and lavender oil soothe inflammation, while clover flower extract provides antioxidant benefits and neutralizes free radical damage to improve overall skin texture.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Make up (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/make%20up%20%28for%29. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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