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 But over time, his strengths outweigh his weaknesses. John Hollinger, New York Times, 21 June 2025 Skeptics, however, say there’s not enough evidence that the benefits outweigh the financial costs and mental distress of follow-up testing that many people go through. Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 18 June 2025 The disadvantages, however, may outweigh the weed control. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 June 2025 Short-termism has fueled crises like the 2008 financial collapse and scandals at Enron and Boeing, where near-term gain outweighed safety or transparency. Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for outweigh
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Verb
  • That number far exceeds any other program nationwide.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 14 July 2025
  • The asylum process in Mexico is supposed to take about three months, said Mejía from UNHCR, but the number of cases exceeds the capacity of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid to process them.
    Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • But that has been overshadowed by this week's announcement of steep U.S. tariffs on many Asian countries and U.S. allies that include 25% on Japan, South Korea and Malaysia, 32% for Indonesia, 36% for Thailand and Cambodia and 40% on Myanmar and Laos.
    Daphne Psaledakis, USA Today, 11 July 2025
  • Take the backlash against Tesla, whose role as a champion of eco-friendly vehicles has been largely overshadowed by alarm concerning CEO Elon Musk’s political activism.
    Dax Dasilva, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • That means one of those outfielders is likely to be traded or otherwise off the team in short order.
    Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
  • This means that compared to other breads, sourdough is low on the glycemic index (GI), a classification system that ranks carbohydrate-rich foods on a scale of 0-100 according to their impact on blood sugar levels.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 July 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 19 Jul. 2025.

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