Continued improvement in American manufacturing was offset by further signs of weakness in the service sector.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

The private sector added more than better than the previous month, but not enough to offset the loss of more than 200,000 temporary census jobs.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

Military observers say Mr.Medvedev's rearmament program is designed in part to offset dissatisfaction in the ranks with a Kremlin plan to downsize Russia's armed forces.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

The White House has declared the unemployment bill an emergency measure, meaning it does not have to be offset by spending cuts in other areas of the federal budget.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

The USDA analysis also concludes that the climate bill now before Congress gives farmers opportunities to more than offset their financial losses, although not all farmers may be able to take advantage of them.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12