countermove

Definition of countermovenext

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Recent Examples of countermove Brown’s trading the one outfielder with some experience — while shedding his salary in the process — made a countermove seem almost guaranteed. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026 Range Media Partners has sued CAA over the agency’s use of noncompetes, a countermove to an earlier lawsuit accusing the management firm of stealing confidential information and operating as a rival organization. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025 Instead of using her platform to argue with her detractors, Reese made a countermove that simultaneously shored up her own brand by amplifying her commitment to societal change, and invalidated the critique. — Timeka Tounsel, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Governors of Democratic states, such as California, are plotting countermoves with their states’ maps. — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for countermove
Recent Examples of Synonyms for countermove
Noun
  • The move comes as complaints about unusually pricey utility bills have spread widely on social media.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The move means a new warm-weather escape for Boise travelers, as well as a ski season retreat for California residents.
    — Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 28 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Opposition campaigns to the wealth tax as well as the two countermeasures have received enormous donations from several of the state’s billionaires.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • But as with Starlink, enemy countermeasures could also disrupt signals from these communications satellite services on modern battlefields.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Hiring in 2026 has resulted in an uneven demographic shift in the workforce, according to survey estimates analyzed by the Post.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
  • If there is a starquake, a sudden shift in the neutron star crust, the magnetic field gets shaken violently.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • First-person human videos provide examples of how people interact with objects and perform everyday activities, while robot trajectories connect visual observations with physical actions and their outcomes.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • When Wilson sent me her timeline, her request for the operative actions of the city (resolutions and ordinances) was nearly four weeks old.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Analysts attributed elevated gas prices to ongoing fighting in the Middle East, which has damaged oil infrastructure and forced firms to take up costly means of transporting crude.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Only Washington, North Carolina and Oregon tracked rejection rates with enough detail to distinguish ballots received in the mail from those received by some other means, like a ballot drop box.
    — Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Later, in 1711, the colony passed a legislative act to make reparations to the victims, including restoring the good names of the accused and paying financial retributions to the families of the accused.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The rush from the other 29 teams to acquire him would be quite literally hilarious, because trading Ohtani would be an act of financial suicide for LA and a massive windfall for a new team.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • An attorney who represented Loveland in her divorce proceedings was also contacted for comment, while an attorney representing Kerr in the criminal case could not immediately be identified.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Erin O’Neil, an attorney based in Connecticut, said some of her clients are now in deportation proceedings triggered by allegations of fraud over minor inconsistencies that have no bearing on the case.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The other two, Descript and Resemble AI, had taken steps to make nonconsensual cloning harder.
    — Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The first step will be to clarify what people need and organize the delivery of food, medicine, hygiene products and other essentials, Lantratova said in an online statement.
    — BEN FINLEY, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

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“Countermove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countermove. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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