strike a balance

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Find a compromise, as in We have to strike a balance between what we want and what we can afford. This expression alludes to accounting, where it signifies finding a profit or loss by weighing income versus outlay. [Mid-1800s]

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How to use strike a balance in a sentence

The influential al Qaeda propagandist, who was born in New Mexico, died in a U.S. drone strike later that year.
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Should lightning strike and Hillary Clinton forgoes a presidential run, Democrats have a nominee in waiting.
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Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
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By the time it concluded with a sing-a-long of “XO,” Beyoncé had done the rare thing.
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A constant sense of easy balance should be developed through poising exercises.
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Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
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And as she hesitated between obedience to one and duty toward the other, her life, her love and future was in the balance.
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He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
All that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.
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