offset

In a sentence

Six example sentences with offset, each labelled with its topic.

• Planting native forest along the river will offset a portion of the emissions the new bus fleet produces each year.

  Environment

• Gains on the bond portfolio offset the quarter's losses in equities, leaving the fund almost exactly where it started.

  Finance

• A squeeze of lime will offset the richness of the coconut sauce so the dish no longer feels heavy.

  Cooking

• Higher wages should offset the rise in prices, but pay rose more slowly, so households ended the year poorer.

  Economics

• The smaller team tried to offset its lack of height with speed, pushing the ball before the centers could set.

  Basketball

• The rooftop garden helps offset the heat that the dark asphalt around the building absorbs each afternoon.

  Architecture

Found in these word lists

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More Academic words

• differentiation
• constituted
• reluctant
• involvement
• exporting
• inhibition
• philosophical
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• incorporate
• periodic
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