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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
counterweigh .
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The idea is to have on the one hand serious safeguards for prosecutorial discretion (no DA elections anywhere in Europe, AFAIK, for example), counterweighed by a procedure for compelling prosecution designed to be used only rarely.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Another European Prosecution for Insulting Religion 2010
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The idea is to have on the one hand serious safeguards for prosecutorial discretion no DA elections anywhere in Europe, AFAIK, for example, counterweighed by a procedure for compelling prosecution designed to be used only rarely.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Another European Prosecution for Insulting Religion 2010
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They're posed as requests rather than as demands, but there are those within the Sharon government, to the right, extreme right of Sharon, who are saying that Israeli security comes first, and whatever assurances are given to the U.S. must be counterweighed by the fact that Israelis continue to die in Palestinian attacks.
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A great deal depends upon circumstances, and these circumstances must be weighed and counterweighed before an answer is given.
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The few men of worth and consideration who offer you their intimacy on that score, and whose regard is really worth coveting, are too disagreeably counterweighed by the baleful swarm of creatures who keep humming round you, like so many flesh-flies; gape at you as if you were a monster, and condescend moreover, on the strength of one or two blotted sheets, to present themselves as colleagues.
The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works Thomas Carlyle 1838
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In this context, an assessment seems necessary to find the impact of this liberal visa policy toward neighboring countries on Turkey's visa policy vis-à-vis the EU before the implementation of such a policy, through which potential losses must be counterweighed against the potential gains stated above.
Hurriyet Dailynews HDN 2010
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