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count·er·bal·anc·ing

(kown'ter-bal'antz-ing),
A procedure in behavorial research for distributing unwanted but unavoidable influences equally among the different experimental conditions or subjects.
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Financial pressures from the recession earlier in this decade led to operating deficits in fiscal years 2002 and 2003, but the commonwealth undertook broad counterbalancing actions in order to maintain fiscal stability.
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