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01. My lack of skill in playing squash is somewhat [offset] by my speed and effort in the game.

02. We had to lay off some staff to [offset] the increase in fuel costs.

03. The airport has instituted a special tax to [offset] the cost of renovations to the building.

04. The loss in revenues caused by a reduction in price for some of our merchandise should be more than [offset] by the increase in profits generated by the expected greater volume of sales.

05. Management is predicting that this costly upgrade in our equipment will be [offset] by an increase in productivity, and should result in a net profit within the first year.

06. The U.S. government has promised a large aid package to [offset] the cost of repairing the damage caused by the war.

07. The salary increase we received was [offset] by the rise in the cost of living, with the result that overall, our standard of living has actually gone down.

08. The fact that I dislike dogs is [offset] by the fact that we need one to guard our house at night.

09. Her laziness is somewhat [offset] by her intelligence.

10. I'm hoping my high marks on the exams and most of my assignments will [offset] the poor mark I received on my last essay.

11. Now that I have started my own business, I can [offset] the price of my computer against my revenues.

12. The lower pay in my new job is [offset] by the cheaper rents we encountered when we moved to this part of the country.

13. Henry Fairchild once remarked that no amount of artificial reinforcement can [offset] the natural inequalities of human individuals.

14. The difference between base address and an expression that adds to a base address is the [offset].

15. The [offset] was too narrow on the book, and unfortunately it had a narrow margin near the binding.