cancel out
phrasal verb
canceled out or cancelled out; canceling out or cancelling out; cancels out
: to reduce the effect of (something) : to be equal to (something) in force or importance but have an opposite effect
The costs cancel out the benefits.
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Although Solo didn't do this, the profits from Disney's other Star Wars movies more than canceled out its loss.
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Caroline Reid, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The inability to land a superstar — and, in fairness, Zaidi did land Carlos Correa before the Giants called off the deal because of concerns raised by a physical examination — canceled out one of Zaidi’s strengths.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Pyles said Weihe's letter and their new friendship has completely canceled out all the hate mail, inspiring him to not only keep his Halloween display, but to expand it.
—Steve Hartman, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2024
Mainzer is also the lead scientist on NEO Surveyor, which will position itself in a halo-like orbit around a Lagrange point nearly a million miles (1.5 million kilometers) from Earth, called L1, where the gravitational pull of the Sun and the Earth effectively cancel out one another.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 14 Aug. 2024
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Caroline Reid, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
The inability to land a superstar — and, in fairness, Zaidi did land Carlos Correa before the Giants called off the deal because of concerns raised by a physical examination — canceled out one of Zaidi’s strengths.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Pyles said Weihe's letter and their new friendship has completely canceled out all the hate mail, inspiring him to not only keep his Halloween display, but to expand it.
—Steve Hartman, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2024
Mainzer is also the lead scientist on NEO Surveyor, which will position itself in a halo-like orbit around a Lagrange point nearly a million miles (1.5 million kilometers) from Earth, called L1, where the gravitational pull of the Sun and the Earth effectively cancel out one another.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 14 Aug. 2024
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“Cancel out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cancel%20out. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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