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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
counteract .
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Examples
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(1945-1947) have shown that the anterohypophysis inhibits hexokinase and that insulin counteracts this inhibition.
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HSP90 inhibitor 17-AAG, we observed that bcl-2 overexpression counteracts both HIF-1α protein degradation induced by 17-AAG, and the reduction of interaction between HIF-1α and HSP90 induced by the inhibitor.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Daniela Trisciuoglio et al. 2010
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I guess the junk food kind of counteracts the yoga, but it makes for a good night anyway!
Happy Friday! 2008
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So he's hoping that kind of counteracts the fact he did not support those tax cuts.
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Not much needs to be said about this except that whenever a deficit is being run, essentially Congress is forcing an increase in the money supply whether by “printing” money or by borrowing the money on the market which the Fed permits with an interest rate or reserve ratio adjustment (or, if the Fed thinks it is wrongheaded, counteracts with monetary policy).
Matthew Yglesias » Monetary Policy is Policy; The Fed is a Government Agency 2009
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Circumcision simply counteracts excessive lust; for there is no doubt that circumcision weakens the power of sexual excitement, and sometimes lessens the natural enjoyment; the organ necessarily becomes weak when it loses blood and is deprived of its covering from the beginning.
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But the case for action has an economic and humanitarian basis, too: Forcing layoffs at the state level counteracts federal stimulative efforts and could push the economy toward a double-dip recession.
House Clears $26.1 Billion State-Aid Package, Dems Slam GOP Obstructionism The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Rick Perry recently signed the Anti-Gay Marriage Pledge, which counteracts his previous pledge to leave the question up to the states.
Will Durst: The GOP Pledge Drive Will Durst 2011
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Saying that it's okay to refer to something uniquely Chinese by a Japanese term because people are assumed to be ignorant of the difference counteracts all that work.
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The gentle cleanser and cream calm angry skin, and an SPF 15 protective base in a green tint counteracts ruddiness.
Pandora Young: Sensitive Skin Savers Pandora Young 2011
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