offset
noun
something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
will offset
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future tenseof offset.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Shrinking the balance sheet will offset at least some of the expansion generated by several rounds of quantitative easing that the Fed initiated during and after the 2008 and 2020 recessions.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
The analysts reckon the strong AI ramp-up will offset its muted mobile business on weak consumer demand, leaving their overall MediaTek forecasts unchanged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Keeping to the gold theme, the World Gold Council offered its assessment of demand for the metal this year, saying strong investment demand and steady central bank interest will offset weak jewellery.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 29, 2026
An executive with MillerKnoll said on an earnings call that the company raised prices and that it believes this will offset the impact of tariffs in the second half of the fiscal year.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2025
At any rate it promotes happiness, and conciliates good-will, and these will offset an occasional deception.
From Ben, the Luggage Boy; or, Among the Wharves by Horatio Alger
