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 Safe haven demand temporarily outweighed inflation fears, prompting capital to exit risk assets and flow into the Treasury market, thereby pulling yields lower. — CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026 In each case, deep consumer-brand experience—understanding how a national retailer or a hospitality company thinks about customer experience, loyalty and service delivery—outweighed the necessity of a banking background. — Paul Davis, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 However, a large fruiting body like D-rex requires a lot of energy, so the strategy may have evolved if the ecological benefits outweighed the energy costs. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026 Any income was outweighed by its $102 million in debt payments. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026 Mark is forced to come clean about their precarious financial situation to Abby, whose anger is outweighed by concern for the safe return of their son. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 Feather, leather and crystal embellishments cascaded from the denim, creating looks that nearly outweighed the ultra-thin models themselves. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026 Cardtoons won because its alteration of the players’ appearances was deemed sufficiently inventive and, through parody, the cards reflected social commentary protected by the First Amendment that outweighed the players’ publicity rights claims. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2026 When his grandfather was mauled by a leopard caught in a trap set for an impala, however, Mgesi began to feel that the dangers of hunting wildlife outweighed its benefits for humans. — Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outweighed
Verb
  • Those who wanted to build a new society have been overshadowed by those who preferred to destroy it.
    — Ollivier Pourriol, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Often overshadowed by Mandarin-language productions promoted under Nationalist rule, these films offer a window onto Taiwanese society and identity long before the emergence of the New Wave.
    — Lise Pedersen, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The Independent Payment Advisory Board, which was supposed to force automatic Medicare cuts if spending exceeded target growth rates, was repealed in 2018 without ever becoming operational.
    — Dana P. Goldman, STAT, 22 Oct. 2026
  • For instance, the agency allowed some states to ban enrollees from using food stamps to buy soda and candy, although a federal judge earlier this year ruled that the Agriculture Department exceeded its authority in implementing the rules.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • But inside was a solid-state transformer, or SST—an array of power electronics that was meant to do the work of several pieces of that gear—and hopefully much more.
    — Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • China has backed its ambitions with extensive reforms that are explicitly meant to strengthen intellectual property protections.
    — Andrei Iancu, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Still, one Wegmans store in the Chatham, Durham, Orange and Person area with $121 million in sales outranked Whole Foods, Publix and Lowes Foods — each with two stores — by 32%, 34% and 102%, respectively.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Even the Adidas Sambas are being outranked by their slimmer sister, the Tokyo shoe.
    — Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Correspondence files that document how a company responded at the moments that mattered most.
    — Amanda Turcotte, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • What mattered was finding a buyer who would honor that history.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Wa Shin Bay Village—a tiny residential neighborhood dwarfed by its glamorous neighbors of Back Bay and South End—can have a bad food rap among locals; but no longer.
    — Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026
  • This was not the case for one—an egregious offering that dwarfed all the others, like a cuckoo in a wren’s nest.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Outweighed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outweighed. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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