counterbalance
Americannoun
verb (used with or without object)
noun
verb
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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have counterbalancedperfect
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has counterbalancedperfect 3rd person singular
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have been counterbalancingperfect progressive
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are counterbalancingprogressive
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has been counterbalancingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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am counterbalancingprogressive 1st person singular
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is counterbalancingprogressive 3rd person singular
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counterbalancessingular 3rd person
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counterbalancingparticiple
Past
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had counterbalancedperfect
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had been counterbalancingperfect progressive
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was counterbalancingprogressive singular
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were counterbalancingprogressive plural
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counterbalancedparticiple
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counterbalancedsimple
Future
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Example Sentences
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“Badlands,” where Springsteen exhorts, “talk about a dream, try to make it real,” comes after “Tom Joad” as a counterbalance to the tale of hope and despair that precedes it.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
"And the best way to counterbalance it is with a living example, with reality,"
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Noting that this year, professional juries were returning to the semi-finals as a counterbalance to the public vote, "we have one of the most safest, secure and fair voting systems," he told reporters.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Because the wealthy are ideologically diverse, their participation can counterbalance these different forms of elite power.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026
Then Du Bois tore into Washington for the older man’s lack of a spiritual counterbalance to “the evils of Get and Grab.”
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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