equipoised

verb

Definition of equipoisednext
past tense of equipoise
as in balanced

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  1. adjusted
  2. equalized
  3. equated
  4. compensated
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  • In California, lottery prizes are adjusted based on the number of tickets sold and number of winners.
    Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Connecticut hasn’t broadly adjusted Medicaid rates for doctors who treat low-income patients since 2008.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of adjusted
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  • The Czechs even opened the scoring in the first leg through her, but Portugal equalized early on in the second half.
    Neel Shelat, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Openda, though, equalized for Belgium before the break.
    Ben Church, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of equalized
Verb
  • Traditionally, organizations have equated specialized knowledge with leadership potential.
    Anna Barnhill, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • This was a controversial move among some in Congress and the human rights community who were wedded to an ideology that equated sanctions with leverage for change.
    Derek Mitchell, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of equated
Verb
  • And copyright associations and bylaws are also being developed to ensure that our artists are being compensated for licensing of their music and all that.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 27 Dec. 2024
  • No film version of Wilson has compensated for his arch, schematic theatricality, specifically in Fences (2016), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020), and now The Piano Lesson.
    Armond White, National Review, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of compensated
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