Example Sentences

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This is becoming more common as the Charlotte housing market has balanced out in recent months, Williams said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

The EU executive insists it has balanced the need to be open and protect firms.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

It has balanced the budget, improved government aid to the poor by removing political middlemen, and cut a tangle of red tape that was strangling business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

It's estimated that plant productivity has balanced out up to 30% of carbon emissions caused by human activity over the last several decades.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

If I may say so to your face, I think you have a very shrewd mind; and unless Rome has balanced information she can do nothing.

From Lord of the World by Benson, Robert Hugh