counterweight
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balance, canceler (or canceller), corrective, counter, counteraction, counterbalance, counterforce, counterpoise, equipoise, neutralizer, offset
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That’s part of what made the steady counterweight proposed for this very spot by the artist Steve Locke both powerful and necessary indeed. — Murray Whyte, BostonGlobe.com, "Boston lost a powerful, poetic work when artist pulled his ‘Auction Block’ slave memorial," 17 Aug. 2019 As the cab slowly descends around the fourth floor, the counterweights shoot up past it along the walls. — William Thornton | [email protected], al, "The up-and-down life of an Alabama elevator inspector," 10 Aug. 2019 In the realm of politics, there is more Mexico can do to serve as a counterweight to Trump’s discourse. — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, "After El Paso, Mexico Takes a New Approach to Trump," 10 Aug. 2019 Critics have pinned their hopes on the Indian Supreme Court, which has emerged in recent years as the main counterweight to Mr. Modi and Hindu nationalism, and as a defender of Indian secularism. — New York Times, "Modi Defends Revoking Kashmir’s Statehood as Protests Flare," 8 Aug. 2019 The administration has defended its strong ties to Saudi Arabia, saying the country is a crucial counterweight to Iran and a loyal ally. — NBC News, "Iran's Zarif says Saudi Arabia, not Iran, is to blame for Middle East instability," 18 July 2019 During the past two decades, successive U.S. presidents have courted India as a potential counterweight to China. — Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, "The U.S. and India Stumble Toward a Trade War," 27 June 2019 The Titans desperately want a counterweight to Corey Davis, who is developing but needs help to crack open a defense. — Conor Orr, SI.com, "Fantasy Football 2019: 16 Rookies Who Could Make an Impact," 4 July 2019 The three tokenistic soft-conservative columnists, David Brooks, Ross Douthat, and Bret Stephens, are obliged to act as counterweights to the whole rest of the staff, like the three blind mice playing seesaw with Babar. — Lionel Shriver, Harper's magazine, "Fifty-Fifty Follies," 10 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'counterweight.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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