How to Use counteract in a Sentence
counteract
verb- The drug will counteract the poison.
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The crunchy peanuts and a sprinkle of fleur de sel counteract the sweetness of the caramel, which acts as a binder.
— New York Times, 1 Apr. 2022 -
The team also gave the animal a drug to keep it sleeping and another later to counteract the effects of the first.
— Laura Ungar, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2022 -
The banana provides some fiber along with a healthy dose of potassium, a mineral that can help counteract the effects of sodium on blood pressure.
— Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2022 -
But just what those advantages are and how to counteract them—and whether that is necessary or even possible—has been fiercely debated.
— Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2022 -
The descendent of a long line of preachers, Ellis once sought to counteract the stutter, to bend their voice into more normative patterns.
— Wren Sanders, Them, 27 Sep. 2024 -
Their presence actually counteracted the response to men, like an antidote to a poison.
— Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2024 -
To break out of the scoring rut, the Bulls are focusing on a return to their roots, which emphasize a high volume of passes to spread the floor and counteract their lack of size.
— Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 2 Apr. 2022 -
Both candidates have portions of their agenda that would raise cash for the federal government, but not enough to fully counteract budget-busting proposals.
— Neil Irwin, Axios, 7 Oct. 2024 -
But its combination of hydrating sweet almond, marula, and geranium oils counteract the drying effects.
— Emily Belfiore, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2022 -
Research has shown that transparency can create accountability and counteract both conscious and unconscious bias.
— Josie Cox, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024 -
The use of hair-trigger stimulus to counteract signs of economic weakness would be diminished, making recessions and therefore shorter cycles more likely.
— Paul Swartz, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2022 -
The traditional explanation was that hard exercise produces lactic acid, and baking soda is a base that counteracts that rising acidity.
— Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 28 Aug. 2024 -
If sustained, that investment boom could boost productivity and living standards and counteract inflation pressure.
— David Harrison, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2022 -
For example, if the car turns right the dots will float across to the left to counteract the motion of the car.
— Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 16 May 2024 -
The only way to counteract that is to try and find a few hours in the day to make sure to spend a few hours out of AC.
— Jason Thomas Gordon, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2023 -
Again, the goal is to balance and counteract the saltiness, not make the gravy sweet.
— Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023 -
To counteract this effect, the ship has to be steered at an angle.
— Francesca Street, CNN, 29 Apr. 2022 -
The strategy aimed in part to counteract the risk of music leaks.
— Neil Shah, WSJ, 16 June 2022 -
All through the night, Pembridge and his team slowly angled into the waves to try and counteract the impact of the wind.
— Francesca Street, CNN, 29 Apr. 2022 -
This is a good thing, as this device helps to counteract the effect of the weight of your breasts pulling your chest and front side forward, Smith says.
— Women's Health, 17 May 2023 -
This could counteract the savings that the reforms are meant to create.
— Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Feb. 2023 -
In the end, these two effects counteract and produce a zero field.
— Rhett Allain, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2022 -
And Ukraine is maybe the only state in our part of the world which in all these ten years has been trying to counteract this negative trend.
— Time, 7 Oct. 2022 -
Once again, the room has a pop of color with green seating counteracting the simple black and white features of the home.
— Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023 -
With one foot back, the upward-pushing force from the floor would counteract the rotation of the other two forces.
— Rhett Allain, WIRED, 17 Feb. 2023 -
The small space doesn’t allow for a retractable roof, but the A’s are hoping to counteract that with the large window facing the strip beyond the outfield.
— Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024 -
Older skiers can counteract the effects with two hard and fast rules: Be willing to train and know your limits on the slopes.
— Jen Murphy, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2023 -
The bill’s passage means there’s more for taxpayers to know, both to counteract recent wild claims and to prepare for what’s ahead.
— Laura Saunders, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022 -
Meta will counteract on the grounds that promotion is, at the end of the day, content, predicts Fordham’s Rashbaum.
— Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2023
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