Sentence examples for growth offset from inspiring English sources
The wireless growth offset a 4.7percentt loss of the San Antonio company's landline customers.
But the high quality of the local public schools and the "family-type, small-town feeling" in Rincon, despite its growth, offset other negatives.
Nestlé, the food and drink company, reported an 11percentt increase in first-half net profit,, as cost-cutting and internal growth offset increases in prices for raw materials.
Beijing's multibillion-dollar economic foray into Africa has rapidly turned into a double-edged sword, the boon in terms of growth offset by negative perceptions of its motives and actions.
Almost no job creation, with slow private-sector growth offset by falling public-sector employment; a falling employment-population ratio; and (I don't know how many people have picked this up), an actual decline in wages, albeit a small one.
In May, the Conference Board's consumer confidence index, the other consumer barometer on which financial markets focus, was unchanged as a pickup in job growth offset the climb in gasoline prices, according to Lynn Franco, director of the Conference Board's research center.
We continue to expect solid second quarter numbers for Spirent, with ongoing mobile growth offsetting a more challenging environment in infrastructure spending.
Likewise, Citigroup released a report last month suggesting that weakness among automobile makers "is worrisome for near-term sub growth, offsetting some of the positives".
And in all countries, the extra carbon dioxide that humans are pumping into the air acted as a fertilizer that encouraged plant growth, offsetting some of the losses from rising temperatures caused by that same greenhouse gas.
(One reason to highlight traffic growth: Offsetting the disappointment in the quarter's flat revenue).
Overall, Mayer said Yahoo's traffic (as measured in pageviews) actually grew year-over-year — that might not sound particularly impressive, except that it reflects recent growth offsetting earlier losses.
