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 Equity markets have also largely shrugged off the potential ramifications of the conflict, with global stocks seeing a broad rally this year as corporate earnings optimism outweighed concerns about the war's implications for the world economy. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 However, what Crane and others saw as bad in the strategic plan outweighed the good for many experts. — O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 28 Aug. 2026 The Postal Service concluded that the cost to the states is outweighed by the benefits of the changes. — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 For some families, the inconvenience of an early dismissal is outweighed by the benefits of keeping children out of hot classrooms. — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Taken together, the data reinforced my belief that, for most young people, the benefits of being connected outweighed the risks. — Larry Magid, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026 The potential reward of Campusano driving in runs outweighed the potential risk of him having to move to catcher and the Padres having to let a pitcher hit or use a pinch-hitter to hit in Fermin’s spot. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026 The Arizona Republican said his respect for Ossoff’s character outweighed their policy disagreements. — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026 The following month, an independent data-safety monitoring board concluded that the benefits outweighed the implantation risks and unanimously recommended submitting PRIMA for a CE mark. — New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2026

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In a 1979 interview with JAM Magazine, republished in 2010, Curry was asked whether his music career had been overshadowed by the movie.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026
With Season 3 not likely to hit screens until 2028, Netflix is currently focused on getting through the launch of Season 2, which has now been somewhat overshadowed by all the rumors.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of overshadowed

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One of the most striking details in Samsung's latest earnings report is that its operating profit significantly exceeded market expectations.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
The 70% preliminary expectation wildly exceeded projections for fiscal 2028 revenue of roughly $570 billion, or 44% growth from fiscal 2027 (the current year).

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

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Utilities that lobbied for the change argued that compensating rooftop solar at a higher rate meant that people without solar panels were disproportionately paying the costs of maintaining the overhead lines that everyone uses.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Critics have said the size of the gap stems in large part from Connecticut’s lack of investment in special education, which is meant to reduce those disparities as much as possible.

— Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026

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According to the Adventure Travel Trade Association, culinary tourism is among the fastest-growing segments of the travel industry outranked only by hiking.

— Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
For the first time, Miami has become the second-most expensive metropolitan area in the US, outranked only by San Francisco.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 July 2026

Definition of outranked

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In 2025, the total jumped to at least 39 arrests, and that number is dwarfed by at least 77 detentions at airports just in July of 2026.

— Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Although the ivory shipment was reported to be the biggest ever at Quy Nhơn, it has been dwarfed by several others in the last decade of more than 7 tons each in the central port city of Da Nang and the northern port of Haiphong.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

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