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Discover Ludwig"balancing against" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to offset or counteract something. Here are a few examples: - The government is considering increasing taxes on the wealthy to balance against the growing budget deficit. - In order to create a well-rounded curriculum, the school must ensure that the humanities are balanced against the STEM subjects. - The company's recent success in international markets has helped to balance against the declining sales in their domestic market. - The politician's controversial statements have been balanced against his years of effective leadership. - We need to carefully consider all possible outcomes and balance the risks against the potential rewards.
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Wellington went to the gunwale, balancing against it with his waist while Kurt began counting money into his hand.
As for ideology, Trump's crude nationalism has managed to unite realists and neoconservatives into balancing against him.
As part of this reorientation, the Bush administration pursued a series of military, political, and economic policies aimed at engaging with and balancing against China, not containing it.
The problem for any nation attempting to balance American power, even in that power's own region, is that long before it becomes strong enough to balance the United States, it may frighten its neighbors into balancing against it.
To my right, balancing against a vertical pole, a chunky cloth briefcase squatting open at his feet, a young man in a fur cap with ear flaps was also boning up, with "Virtualization for Dummies".
Rory Medcalf of the Lowy Institute, a think-tank in Sydney, calls new ties between Australia, India and others in the region a "ballet of hedging and balancing" against China.
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All balanced against the good things.
These two can be balanced against each other.
Those risks, he said, have to be balanced against reward.
Johnson panned slowly, balanced against the chop like a gimbal.
Balanced against these modest potential savings are costs.
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