outweighed

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 But over long stretches of time, the potential negatives are far outweighed by the inherent profitability of being paid to assume the risks that your customers want to lay off on you. Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 20 July 2026 The play’s issues are greatly outweighed by the many hilarious lines that crackle all over the stage, so many of them perfectly timed and out of left field, causing surprising morsels of legit laughter. David John Chávez, Mercury News, 17 July 2026 Here, the public interest served by disclosure is minimal and is outweighed by the public interest served against disclosure in protecting substantial and significant privacy rights. Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026 Then the Center for Biological Diversity sued, and one judge decided her view outweighed that consensus. Shannon Welch, Oc Register, 12 July 2026 That growing realization ultimately outweighed everything alcohol had once represented. Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026 Ultimately, the board determined that the long-term community benefits of the Sunrise project outweighed the short-term pain of displacing Silverado residents. Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 Ultimately, voters decided that any potential shame associated with a Black president was more than outweighed by a desire to not have another Democrat in the White House. Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026 However, the positives have increasingly outweighed the negatives throughout 2026, to the point where, at the time of writing, the game has a 74% positive score for reviews written in the past 30 days (of which there have been 951). Barry Collins, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
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  • The trope, fair or not, has often overshadowed the fact that science fiction and horror are absolutely perfect bedfellows, with outer space's total isolation, tiny quarters, and oppressive vastness perfectly suited for the horror genre.
    Matthew Razak, Space.com, 26 July 2026
  • News to Know If there was some new big furor involving the WNBA this weekend, it was overshadowed by the league’s joyful celebration of its 30th season.
    Matt Piper, New York Times, 26 July 2026
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  • In all districts in Tarrant County combined, 41% of students met or exceeded grade level, data shows.
    Samuel O’Neal July 31, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026
  • Along the Adriatic coast, once abundant with mussels, nearly all have died off because of the sea temperatures that at times have exceeded 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit).
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
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  • The restaurant chain’s rebrand was meant to win back that contingent while also trying to appeal to newer, younger diners, the Wall Street Journal reported.
    Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Summer meant waiting until those wild berry bushes hidden in the woods near grandma’s house were finally ripe for the picking.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 July 2026
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  • 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
  • These clean-home features outranked luxury amenities like pools and home theaters.
    Daryl Fairweather, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
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  • What mattered was how teachers used it to engage students in deeper thinking.
    Janice Mak, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
  • Every molecule Stokes’s team rejected sharpened their eye for the ones that mattered.
    Dr. Mario García, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
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  • Leeds’ 95 goals dwarfed Burnley’s 69, but the latter were able to keep pace with their rivals because of their stingy defence.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Video production tends to be especially costly – OpenAI’s Sora was estimated to cost $15 million per day in compute resources, which dwarfed any reasonable revenue model, especially with the collapse in engagement numbers and copyright litigation.
    Cortney Harding, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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“Outweighed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outweighed. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

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