verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Fortunately there are strong democratic forces in the country that counterbalance any extremist influences.
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His fear of his father is counterbalanced by a genuine respect for him.
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The company's success in Europe has counterbalanced its weak sales in the U.S.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At present domestic labour is organisationally inefficient because it is not socialised like the industrial sphere, which counterbalances increased productivity through mechanisation.
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Normally the forces from one molecule are counterbalanced by equal attraction by other molecules but at an interface the forces become unbalanced.
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The body of penal regulations was counterbalanced by some rewards.
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The difference in size between egg and sperm is counterbalanced by the numbers in which they are produced.
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The documents he provided for Strype helped counterbalance the reliance upon official sources in Strype's histories of Elizabethan archbishops.
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The weight of the ensemble was counterbalanced by the tug of transmission cables snaking up into the ceiling.
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To counterbalance this earthly anchor the only remedy has been self-discipline and mortification of her natural inclinations.
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With no freeboard to counterbalance , the leeward rail pressed down, admitting the flood, and the boy bailed furiously.