The phrase "are often offset" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing how certain factors or elements counterbalance or mitigate each other in various contexts, such as finance, design, or environmental science.
Example: "In financial reports, gains are often offset by corresponding losses, leading to a more balanced view of the company's performance."
Alternatives: "are frequently counterbalanced" or "are typically balanced out".
The glittering Christmas window displays in Paris's luxury stores are often offset by a shivering person begging for coins nearby, huddled behind a cardboard sign saying "hungry".
Unless cuts to these services are made carefully, the savings are often offset by long-term costs to the economy and the budget, not to mention the human cost of illness and lives cut short.
Yet a problem with pooling and sharing is that economies of scale are often offset by the extra cost and complexity that adding countries to a procurement project can create.
Indeed, Mrs. Robinson's 10-day trip was punctuated by poignant reminders of the contradictions in China's human rights policies, where scattered signs of liberalization are often offset by harsh repression.
Drugs of all sorts have many different effects -- and benefits in one area are often offset by risks in another.
Most of the CMVs parallel with each other extend along the fault planes (Fig. 2b d), and they are often offset by subsidiary faults.
Caution should be taken in interpreting the Fifth Circuit results since the employment and labor market participation results are often offsetting.33 Still, even if employment and labor market participation results in the Fifth Circuit cancel each other out, the post-2010 Fifth Circuit results are notable because, unlike the nationwide results, they are not entirely negative.
The loss in architectonic values was often offset by extraneous decoration.
Higher pay was often offset by the loss of income from welfare, food stamps and other government programs, Mr. Primus said.
Contact with the forbidden or transgression of the ritual rules is often offset by rituals of purification.
He said the tax break was often offset by the costs associated with building and maintaining a museum.
