Thesaurus results for OUT-WEIGHED

outweighed

verb

past tense of outweigh

as in overshadowed

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 outweighed The long and painful rehab would have interfered with his writing; the dread of leaving behind an incomplete manuscript outweighed the benefit of a few extra months. —

Griffin Dunne, Vulture, 19 June 2026 The barbershop where conversation outweighed the haircut. —

Peter Su, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 More than 83% of parents who responded said risks from social media outweighed benefits, while 90% backed a minimum age of 16 to access social media platforms. —

Reuters, CNN Money, 15 June 2026 But Tran’s parents argue his actions posed a risk to the public, including innocent passengers like Harlow, that outweighed any need for an immediate arrest. —

Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 13 June 2026 When asked what would happen if funding support for the new positions ended, Smeltzer said part-time agreements were at-will and the positions could be eliminated if costs outweighed the benefits. —

Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026 Seven seasons and 215 appearances should not be outweighed by his sad decline. —

Beren Cross, New York Times, 11 June 2026 The court concluded that, in weighing the balance, publishers’ interest in removing the false information outweighed Google’s commercial speech rights. —

Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 10 June 2026 Testimony indicated Metcalf outweighed Anthony by roughly 50 to 60 pounds. —

Stepheny Price , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026

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Not to be overshadowed by the outfielder’s efforts, Cody Morrissette also went 3 for 5, with one home run, as well as driving home Wallner with a two-out single to end the game.

— Staff Report, Twin Cities, 21 June 2026
Coming into the tournament after winning AFCON (sort of) earlier this year, Senegal can be encouraged by their first-half performance and substitute Ibrahim Mbaye’s nice late goal, even if it was quickly overshadowed by Mbappe.

— Tim Spiers, New York Times, 20 June 2026