Example Sentences

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Starting this year, there’s a $1,000 above-the-line deduction for charitable giving, but in 2026, wealthy people will have their itemized deductions capped, which will neutralize the tax benefit of large gifts.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 19, 2025

Thankfully, it seems the shots will neutralize the variant regardless.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2023

The hope is that the coronavirus antibodies developed in the recovered patient will neutralize the virus once they are introduced in the new patient.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2020

Adding strong base will neutralize some of the acetic acid, yielding the conjugate base acetate ion.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

This lady, on the contrary, will neutralize in a great degree what you already possess.

From How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony by Windsor, William