as in measure
something done or used with the intention of stopping or preventing something bad or dangerous
—usually plural
new countermeasures against terrorism The army used electronic countermeasures to block enemy radar.
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Recent Examples of countermeasure
Officials representing the European Union said member states would place countermeasures on some 26 billion euros, or about $28 billion, worth of U.S. goods.
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Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2025
Lesson 2: Develop countermeasures and interventions Before a Covid vaccine was available, public health leaders relied on everyday human actions to control the virus.
—Bernadette Boden Albala, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
The White House insists its tariffs are about stopping the smuggling of fentanyl, but the taxes proposed by Trump have caused a gaping wound in the decades-old North American trade partnership, and Canada has felt compelled to quickly take aggressive countermeasures.
—arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Vaccines, the most impactful and effective countermeasure, became the target of online misinformation.
—Christian Ramers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
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Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2025
Lesson 2: Develop countermeasures and interventions Before a Covid vaccine was available, public health leaders relied on everyday human actions to control the virus.
—Bernadette Boden Albala, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
The White House insists its tariffs are about stopping the smuggling of fentanyl, but the taxes proposed by Trump have caused a gaping wound in the decades-old North American trade partnership, and Canada has felt compelled to quickly take aggressive countermeasures.
—arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Vaccines, the most impactful and effective countermeasure, became the target of online misinformation.
—Christian Ramers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countermeasure
Noun
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Sinema’s posts are another sign of the fracture in the Democratic party’s approach to legislative measures.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
16 Mar. 2025
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The federal agencies also advise anyone potentially vulnerable to ransomware activity like Medusa’s attacks to take several other precautionary measures — including checking operating systems and software to ensure everything is properly patched and up to date.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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Ironically, that attitude shift may be helping keep egg prices from rising even further.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2025
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In Hollywood, there is a shift happening, a move toward programming geared to Trump’s America.—
Jason Parham,
WIRED,
17 Mar. 2025
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George Michael’s many acts of generosity, often conducted under condition of anonymity, have come to light since the star’s death in 2016.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
23 Mar. 2025
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Opening acts in select cities include Marshmello, The All-American Rejects and Boys Like Girls.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
23 Mar. 2025
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Watch The following day, Trump showed his support to Musk by vowing to buy himself a Tesla, a countermove to those who have sought to boycott the electric car company.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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During the strike, the powers that be on both Mars and Earth drew the wrong lessons and have been choosing countermoves from the best seller Bad Faith Disproportionate Response Handbook as a result.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2024
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There’s a historical context to it now, but the doing of it was amazing.—
Alison Weinflash,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2025
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For example, the White House Correspondents Association decides which reporters go into small spaces like the Oval Office or Air Force One to report on the president’s doings.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2025
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The better move is simply to ensure tissues are within arm’s reach in every client meeting room.—
Tim Maurer,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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For the last few years at Northwest, the basketball world wondered when McCollum would make the next move.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
23 Mar. 2025
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Strickland’s research focuses on detecting whether LLMs can infer details about their own training process, constraints, and objectives simply from patterns in their training data.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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Earlier this month, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, one of Netanyahu’s biggest supporters, initiated the process of firing her.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2025
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This means that at any point they can be picked up by immigration officials and put in deportation proceedings.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
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David Lowery takes the few elements that worked—mainly the special kinship between a boy and a dragon—and injects his own unique vision into the proceedings.—
Barry Levitt,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Countermeasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countermeasure. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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