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Recent Examples of outweigh
That at a certain point, the gooner will open his eyes, find himself in a room filled with lube but void of love, and decide that the boredom of staying in that room outweighs the fear of whatever lies beyond it.
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Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Cogburn said Loveridge’s right to a fair trial outweighed the media’s First Amendment right to access the footage.
—Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
For everyone else, the benefits far outweigh the limitations.
—PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
But the bad doesn’t outweigh the good.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 23 Oct. 2025
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Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Cogburn said Loveridge’s right to a fair trial outweighed the media’s First Amendment right to access the footage.
—Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
For everyone else, the benefits far outweigh the limitations.
—PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
But the bad doesn’t outweigh the good.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outweigh
Verb
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The Congressional Budget Office projects the total national debt will exceed $38 trillion by 2029, growing roughly $7 trillion a year.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Of the companies that have reported so far, 87% managed to exceed Wall Street’s expectations, much higher than the typical 67% beat rate, according to LSEG.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Actors like Eric Bogosian and Jason Schwartzman waltz in and schmooze it up as vampires living their best afterlives, completely overshadowing Denton, who’s stuck in noob-human mode and doesn’t progress much past that.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Oct. 2025
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The arrests have overshadowed the opening week around the league.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Don’t overweigh anecdotal evidence, Yang advises.—
Lila Thulin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 May 2022
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Most media polls overweigh Democrats.—
Paul Bedard,
Washington Examiner,
2 Mar. 2021
Verb
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That means two down days per week for the whole squad, thus three days are disrupted by a single game.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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This means identifying key traits in founders that indicate a startup will succeed.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
25 Oct. 2025
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What’s worse, policy is still overbalanced toward power.—
David Roberts,
Vox,
18 June 2019
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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 29 Oct. 2025.
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