as in to exceed
to be greater in importance than in most elections the state of the economy outweighs all other issues

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Recent Examples of outweigh Voters’ discontent with the incumbent president clearly outweighed their doubts about the party out of the White House — continuing a pattern that has become consistent (though rarely discussed) in off-year elections. Ronald Brownstein, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025 And while critics worry about the environmental and economic toll of AI infrastructure, Brockman insists the long-term benefits will outweigh the costs. Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025 That return far outweighs the temporary dip in output. Tori Dunlap, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025 Short-term liabilities still heavily outweigh assets. Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for outweigh
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  • Higher elevations in the Smoky Mountains could receive 4 to 8 inches, with totals exceeding 12 inches above 5,000 feet.
    Sirena Bergman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Mitchells Stores, from its humble beginnings in 1958 when Ed and Norma Mitchell founded the Ed Mitchells store in an 800-square-foot former plumbing supply shop, has grown to 10 stores generating sales exceeding $250 million annually.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2025
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  • Ray said that like the UAE, Saudi Arabia has a deep economic and strategic interest in Sudan, including making sure it is not overshadowed by its regional rivals.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • But while the plants are generating increasingly widespread enthusiasm, dark events are beginning to overshadow the news.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
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  • Don’t overweigh anecdotal evidence, Yang advises.
    Lila Thulin, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2022
  • Most media polls overweigh Democrats.
    Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 2 Mar. 2021
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  • Barr’s unconventional campaign, meant to make an argument against gerrymandering producing deeply partisan districts, made national headlines.
    Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 8 Nov. 2025
  • That means thousands of flights canceled, or in other words, 200,000 fewer seats and butts in the air per day.
    The Kim Komando Show, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
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  • What’s worse, policy is still overbalanced toward power.
    David Roberts, Vox, 18 June 2019
  • Valcuha and the orchestra brought vibrancy and color to the huge first movement, which can threaten to overbalance the rest of the score if it’s not kept at least somewhat in check.
    Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 May 2018

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“Outweigh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outweigh. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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