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 -
Accessorize with sleek gold and silver jewelry to offset the tactility of the dresses.—
Joy Montgomery,
Vogue,
9 Mar. 2025
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Cappa's release didn't take long to correct, as he was signed by the Raiders on a new two-year, $11 million deal.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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The audit said the unit also needed to more in helping to correct the behavior that led to those citations for the benefit of animals and the community. KC Pet Project won the city contract by promising to provide that better-balanced approach.—
Mike Hendricks,
Kansas City Star,
7 Mar. 2025
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And with Solis and Briana Webb — who led Piedmont with 19 points — attacking them inside and getting them in foul trouble, the Highlanders neutralized Tech’s size advantage.—
Devin Bradshaw,
The Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2025
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But the United States will thrive only if Washington recognizes the danger of so many intersecting national fault lines and neutralizes these risks through patient and open-ended diplomacy.—
Michael Kimmage,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 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 13 Mar. 2025.
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