Pico Iyer

Nearly everybody I know does something to try to remove herself to clear her head and to have enough time and space to think... All of us instinctively feel that something inside us is crying out for more spaciousness and stillness to offset the exhilarations of this movement and the fun and diversion of the modern world.

Indian Writer

Toby Emmerich

We made too many expensive movies trying to offset the loss of the 'LOTR' income. There was a lot of pressure to re-create that franchise, which turned out to be unhealthy for us, because it's such a once-in-a-lifetime success. It would be like trying to re-create 'Avatar' over and over again.

American Producer

Fabrizio Moreira

Raising the minimum wage represents a substantial financial burden for employers, particularly start-ups, early stage companies, and family-owned businesses. In response, business owners would be forced to either lay off workers or raise prices to offset the rise in labor costs.

Ecuadorian Politician

Jared Leto

I think I remember from the offset I said, 'I've visited this territory. This isn't for me.' And then I read the script and I said, 'You know, this is completely something different. This is a whole new life.

American Actor

Jim Cantalupo

But we had a pretty diversified portfolio of businesses around the world and things tended to offset each other. But one or two years ago, we had a lot of things happening at the same time.

American Businessman

Abbe Pierre

It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural exchanges.

French Clergyman

Oliver Sykes

We tour the world and my carbon footprint is massive. I feel like it's my responsibility to do something - not just to offset it but to help make a difference.

English Musician

Kendrick Lamar

You can have the platinum album. But, you know, when you still feel like you haven't quite found your place in the world, it kind of gives a crazy offset.

American Musician

Janet Yellen

Social safety-net spending is an important form of public funding that helps offset disparities in family resources for children.

American Public Servant

J. D. Hayworth

The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.

American Politician

When offset is used as a noun, it often refers to something that equals out another, creating balance.

Balancing Act

Offset is commonly used in financial situations to talk about balancing costs and benefits.

Financial Context

As a verb, offset implies an action taken to create balance or to reduce an effect.

Action Result

Offset as a verb suggests that one thing will make up for or neutralize another thing.

Cause and Effect

Offset in the printing context refers to a specific process used to create high-quality printed materials.

Printing Method

The term 'offset' in printing is associated with mass production and professional quality.

Reproduction Quality

In architecture, an offset is not just structural but also adds visual interest to a building.

Visual Dynamics

Automotive offset affects how the wheels sit and can influence handling and performance.

Wheel Alignment

The correct offset in cars is critical for safe and stable driving conditions.

Safe Driving

 But you need more than just jokes to be able to cut it as a professional comedian. You need to be able to walk that fine line between being charming and disarming. And I discovered the most effective way to generate the amount of charm I needed to offset my disarming personality was through not jokes but stories.

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 know about the purpose of the ossicones which is the actual official word for the protrusions on top of a giraffe's head we don't call them horns because although they are solid bone just like horns giraffe are born with offset cones and I'm just gonna make life a little bit easier for Craig here I'm gonna

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 When viewed through this lens, restoration just seems like an easy way out, a chance for us to "offset our emissions" by planting a few trees and ignore the very real and urgent challenges of cutting emissions and protecting the ecosystems that we currently have. Restoration is not a silver bullet.

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 If just three percent of the carbon locked up in the arctic permafrost is released as the world warms, it would offset all the savings that we need to make, in carbon, over the next 40 years to avoid runaway climate change. We have no choice other than deep and urgent decarbonization.

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 things helps add some tension offset that force pushing them apart but even water's surface tension doesn't work all that well if that's a really heavy weight like a bowling ball so let's take something and put it in between the grains of sand

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 as did productivity and patient care. But in this trial, they hired new staff for the hours that weren't being covered. The striking finding was how much lower sick pay and unemployment benefits helped offset those additional salaries.

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 One area that I do is I fund putting in electric heat-pumps into low-cost housing. And so instead of using natural gas, they get a lower bill because it's done with electricity. And I paid that extra capital cost as an offset.

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 will remain there, by human standards, forever. So we have to act. This is really a new phase in addressing the climate crisis and it demands new thinking. So, ideas like carbon offsets really don't make sense

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 to offset the scuffling buffalo? Consider the can-can. Can-can can-can can can can can can-can. Here, the word can comes in many guises. There's can-can, the flamboyant dance, can, that means able to,

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 So inside our country, we are a net carbon sink. Outside, we are offsetting carbon. And this is important stuff. You see, the world is getting warmer, and climate change is a reality.

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