Balance
Balance verb - To make equal in amount, degree, or status.
Serving as and balance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Serving as" instead a verb "Balance".
Serving as
Balance and serving as are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Balance" instead a verb "Serving as".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Balance Between Good and Evil / Balance of Power: Of the two people who alternate as serving as O'Reilly's replacement host when he's away, Laura Ingraham is to O'Reilly's right, and Juan Williams is to O'Reilly's left.
Source: Series / The O'Reilly Factor -
Quickly he became a useless wimp (to the point that he reveals he ran track in high school because it was the least competitive sport he could find) and pacifist, serving as a hilarious counter-balance to O'Malley's aggressive ranting.
Source: Flanderization - During the filming of the second series of Downton Abbey, Penelope Wilton spent some weeks starring in the play A Delicate Balance at the Almeida Theatre, so Isobel Crawley was packed off to France for several episodes, the in-universe reason being that she was serving as a nurse with the Red Cross.
Source: Written-In Absence
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