How to Use tip the scales in a Sentence

tip the scales

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• The hard-top version tips the scales at just 2,789 pounds, giving it the best power-to-weight ratio in the series.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 July 2026
• But these distressed firm are also much smaller operations, where a shift in consumer spending could tip the scales in the wrong direction.
  — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
• Other groups working on rangeland management say the regulations go too far in the opposite direction, tipping the scales toward ranchers.
  — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 7 July 2026
• The extreme power users definitely tipped the scales, as just two percent of them in the fiction category were responsible for more than 80 percent of the conversations.
  — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 8 July 2026
• Perhaps the biggest satellite riding the Falcon 9 on Tuesday was CAS500-4, a South Korean Earth-observation craft that tips the scales at about 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms).
  — Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 July 2026