Etymology
Origin of counterplan
Example Sentences
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But a fortnight ago Tsarapkin came back with a counterplan that carried the ring of compromise.
From Time Magazine Archive
Only one other Middle East country, Saudi Arabia, has joined in Nasser's counterplan for a strictly Arab defense alliance.
From Time Magazine Archive
This threat of "government interference" spurred the California Medical Association, which for over ten years had been hatching health-insurance schemes, to announce a counterplan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Naguib's counterplan: a stiff electoral reform law, excluding men of "known dishonesty" from political office.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, he thought, to work out a counterplan: what will I do if the gods weave a net like this one?
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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