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counterbalances

  • present tense form
    of counterbalance (3rd person singular).
    counterbalance
    noun
    a weight balancing another weight; an equal weight, power, or influence acting in opposition; counterpoise.

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But as fertility rates fall, migration counterbalances the negative effects of an ageing population and labour force contraction, the report said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

This distant mass counterbalances the Local Group's gravity.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026

There are moments of tender resplendence that are as piercing as the cruelty — compassion that counterbalances the inhumanities Elwood faces.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2024

But he cites longstanding maritime connections and the military police as reassuring counterbalances.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2023

This counterbalances to a considerable extent its movement eastward amongst the stars, so that, for several nights in succession, it rises almost at sundown.

From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by E. Walter (Edward Walter) Maunder