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
For both, the quality of the script and the chance to work together again outweighed the discomfort.
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Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
Vargas’s Monday order found the concern valid but outweighed by the public interest and harm posed to the states if the Gateway Development Commission were forced to shut down operations on the tunnel project.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2026
City leaders, however, argue that the cost has outweighed the benefits.
—Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
Officials said the demand for the program far outweighed the available funding.
—Emma Murphy, Oklahoma Voice, 6 Feb. 2026
Despite a wave of military coups and disputed election results in parts of the continent in recent years, economic challenges faced by Africans outweighed concerns over democratic norms and the rule of law.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 4 Feb. 2026
In evaluating player additions, production and experience typically outweighed inexperienced upside (thanks, Indiana, for showing us the way).
—Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Calling my grandma and crying together because joy finally outweighed survival.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
The enterprise software company beat analysts’ earnings expectations, but Wall Street’s worries around how artificial intelligence could disrupt the sector outweighed the positive results.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
Vargas’s Monday order found the concern valid but outweighed by the public interest and harm posed to the states if the Gateway Development Commission were forced to shut down operations on the tunnel project.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2026
City leaders, however, argue that the cost has outweighed the benefits.
—Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
Officials said the demand for the program far outweighed the available funding.
—Emma Murphy, Oklahoma Voice, 6 Feb. 2026
Despite a wave of military coups and disputed election results in parts of the continent in recent years, economic challenges faced by Africans outweighed concerns over democratic norms and the rule of law.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 4 Feb. 2026
In evaluating player additions, production and experience typically outweighed inexperienced upside (thanks, Indiana, for showing us the way).
—Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Calling my grandma and crying together because joy finally outweighed survival.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
The enterprise software company beat analysts’ earnings expectations, but Wall Street’s worries around how artificial intelligence could disrupt the sector outweighed the positive results.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outweighed
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These cities are important to how states function, but sometimes they can be overshadowed by others in the state; for example, in California, Sacramento is often overlooked compared to cultural hubs like Los Angeles and San Francisco.—
Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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During her lifetime, Gwen John’s achievements were rather overshadowed by those of her younger brother Augustus, said Jonathan Jones in The Guardian.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
19 Feb. 2026
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While the scale of violence exceeded expectations, the belief that international support was imminent undeniably emboldened many protesters.—
Pegah Banihashemi,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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For the first time, in 2025, the demand for non-American, non-Western, non-English-language content exceeded 50 percent of the global revenue pie.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Feb. 2026
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Viewers voted to create teams for every major round of the competition, which meant the trainees were constantly reassembled into new lineups, with low-ranking contestants eliminated.—
Rebecca Cairns,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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That meant Grove was the U’s only post player, and the Alexandria native stepped up against Ducks’ 7-footer Nate Bittle with a career high 13 points and a team-high-tying eight rebounds.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
18 Feb. 2026
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But a recent rankings list from the American Consumer Satisfaction Index shows that the Florida grocery store is getting outranked in customer satisfaction by another grocery chain with a cult following.—
Lianna Norman,
Florida Times-Union,
28 Jan. 2026
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Even more pathetic was when Maher, who initially had claimed to be a captain, discovered that Yasser’s imaginary rank outranked his own.—
Elizabeth Tsurkov,
The Atlantic,
11 Jan. 2026
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That became impossible to ignore as my son grew—not as a word-learner to be modeled but as a fragile human being whose words mattered because his life did.—
Deb Roy,
The Atlantic,
15 Feb. 2026
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All that mattered to Kim was coming full circle.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Feb. 2026
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Historically, and certainly since the turn of the century, their budgets have dwarfed those of every other Scottish team.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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San Jose, of course, is hampered by a lack of five-star hotel rooms and a convention center dwarfed by San Francisco’s Moscone Center.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
8 Feb. 2026
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