Thesaurus results for COUNTERMOVES

countermoves

noun

variants or counter-moves

plural of countermove

as in moves

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Noun

Cieloween explained that the moves shown by participants vary widely.

— Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Teams can’t do that without outbound moves, and SKC’s roster didn’t have many players with value coming into 2026; the team has signed 17 new players this year.

— Tom Bogert, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of moves

Noun

That is, when incoming threats survive the gauntlet of longer-range layered countermeasures, this final line of defense must hold.

— David Szondy August 19, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026
In the past, the vibration issue was so significant that we were forced to focus solely on countermeasures.

— Jerry Perez, The Drive, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of countermeasures

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Anyone in Livingston County who believes they've been exposed is asked to capture the bat, report the exposure by filling out a form on the health department's website and call department staff at 517‑552‑6882 for testing guidance and next steps.

— Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Anthropic, the maker of Claude AI software, has taken aggressive steps to decrease its reliance on Nvidia.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of steps

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Meta and Anthropic also disclosed their own systems took unsanctioned actions during cybersecurity tests, a wake-up call for the AI and cybersecurity industry.

— Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
This allows the system to learn individual movements and combine them into more complex actions.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of actions

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Manchester City’s defence was wide open in Sunday’s Community Shield defeat to Arsenal and that could be a sign of things to come now that Rodri is playing for Barcelona in La Liga.

— Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
And if history is any indication, expect safety Tre’von Moehrig to be in the middle of things when the pads start poppin’ at the Panthers’ joint practice with the Jacksonville Jaguars at the Jags’ practice facility.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of things

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This new stromal cell injection shifts the focus from traditional pain management to regenerative treatment.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026
The upcoming 2027 model will also be the first to feature E-Shift, an optional system that simulates the gear shifts of a combustion engine.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2026

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