How to Use cancel out in a Sentence

cancel out

verb
  • The show was canceled out of caution.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2026
  • So Lopez did not cancel out Zeitler.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2026
  • That cancels out many users who aren’t tipping or give only small tips.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • In busy cafes, the Air Pro 4+ do a solid job of cancelling out the hubbub.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Unfortunately, as happened that time, the goal was cancelled out here, too.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • And the spin of the lambda is thought to be determined solely by the spin of its strange quark (because the spins of its up and down quarks cancel out).
    — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The cost of being seen cancels out the benefit of modernization.
    — Eric Piscini, Forbes.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Daniel Munoz’s goal was cancelled out in the second half, but Luis Diaz added to his assist with the go-ahead goal.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Daniel Munoz’s goal was cancelled out in the second half, but Luis Diaz added to his assist with the go-ahead goal.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • Daniel Munoz’s goal was cancelled out in the second half, but Luis Diaz added to his assist with the go-ahead goal.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Pinvonka added that campus events scheduled for Monday evening had been canceled out of respect for the deceased.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The wins, however, don't cancel out the realities that the planet continues to be on a tipping point.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Being strong doesn't cancel out toxic exposures or sleep deprivation.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Isi Palazon's goal in the 42nd cancelled out Cedric Bakambu's opener for Betis.
    — ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Adam’s free kick cancelled out Michael Chopra’s opener only for Joe Ledley to restore Cardiff’s lead.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 23 May 2026
  • Horror fiction cancels out our IOUs of existential dread.
    — Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
  • In simulations, one robotic arm performs the repair task while the other moves strategically to cancel out motion.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Signing an external free agent on a lucrative deal has the potential to cancel out one of those 2027 compensatory picks.
    — Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • But a defeat at home to the lowly Eagles (9-18, 2-12) would have canceled out much of Tuesday’s gain in status.
    — Randy Jennings, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Some have said the Board of Peace will cancel out the United Nations’s functions, raising concerns among potential member nations.
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Moody interiors cancel out the sunny exteriors with a dark, natural color palette softened by plenty of textured rugs and furnishings.
    — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 27 Jan. 2026
  • California Democrats responded with a map, approved by voters last month, that could allow the party to gain up to five seats and effectively cancel out Texas' effort.
    — Christian Orozco, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
  • But, over the last two weeks, that basic picture of Republican gerrymanders mostly cancelled out by Democratic gerrymanders has changed.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
  • Mixing cleaners improperly could create dangerous chemical gases or cancel out their cleaning properties.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 13 Jan. 2026
  • For an hour, in which Marko Arnautovic’s goal was cancelled out by Rafik Belghali, and Marcel Sabitzer’s by Mahrez, both teams were going for it.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 28 June 2026
  • Earlier, Mainz's Sheraldo Becker had scored to cancel out Andrej Ilic's opener for Union.
    — ABC News, 10 May 2026
  • Cooley struck on the power play to pick up his second with less than nine seconds remaining, canceling out any momentum Los Angeles had when Kopitar got them on the board two minutes earlier.
    — CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • That was cancelled out just before half-time by Rafik Belghali after another long ball rather satisfyingly stayed in by hitting the corner flag and fell to the full-back, who weaved between defenders and smashed a shot inside the near post.
    — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 28 June 2026
  • The blue stronghold of California responded with a redraw of its own, effectively canceling out the would-be Republican gains in the Lone Star State.
    — Julia Mueller, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Here, the layers of the thin-film stack in the material are precisely measured so that unwanted reflections – which would normally waste energy – are cancelled out by the light waves bumping into each other, leaving more energy for the panel to collect.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2026

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