counterbalances
- present tense form of counterbalance (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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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
But he cites longstanding maritime connections and the military police as reassuring counterbalances.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2023
Markley is alert to “the chum slick of glossy greenwashing” in the carbon lobby’s ads and counterbalances the outsize climate calamities with near-future predictions that feel a lot like the present.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2023
An extensive sale has satisfied my publishers that its merit a little counterbalances its defects.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
