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
Naguib's counterplan: a stiff electoral reform law, excluding men of "known dishonesty" from political office.
From Time Magazine Archive
But against this proposal is the French counterplan for a Danubian Federation of Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Rumania, Jugoslavia and Bulgaria.
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
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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