OFFSET in a Sentence
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12 example sentences for OFFSET, such as:
1. As an offset, he laughed at everything.
2. He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.
3. He raised his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.
4. The slowdown in domestic demand was offset by an increase in exports.
5. In basketball, he offsets his small size by his cleverness and speed.
2. He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.
3. He raised his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.
4. The slowdown in domestic demand was offset by an increase in exports.
5. In basketball, he offsets his small size by his cleverness and speed.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of OFFSET
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offset
n. a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper
v. create an offset in
Classic Sentence:
1 But if there were hardships to be borne, they were partly offset by the fact that life nowadays had a greater dignity than it had had before.
2 As an offset, he laughed at everything.
Example Sentence:
1 He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.
2 The company's losses in the USA were more than offset by gains everywhere else.
3 The slowdown in domestic demand was offset by an increase in exports.
4 The increase in pay costs was more than offset by higher productivity.
5 And workers' compensation payments to professional athletes would be offset by any payments available under a labor contract.
6 He raised his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.
7 Meanwhile, In Russia, hardliners contend that their nation should rely more on nuclear weapons to offset NATO's superiority in conventional military forces and to cope with the U.S. missile defense program, now creeping toward Russia's borders.
8 Key senators reach bipartisan health-care subsidy deal; the compromise help offset deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs for low-income consumers.
9 Demand for Taiwanese goods likely will accelerate from the second quarter, as strong Asian demand offsets the effects of a U.S. slowdown.
10 In basketball, he offsets his small size by his cleverness and speed.