Thesaurus results for OUTWEIGHING

outweighing

verb

Definition of outweighing next

present participle of outweigh

as in exceeding

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 outweighing The universe is overrun with dark matter, outweighing the ordinary stuff that stars and planets are made of five-to-one. —

Frank Landymore, Futurism, 5 Mar. 2026 Some cities are pricier than others potentially outweighing the pros the city has to offer. —

Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 10 Feb. 2026 Think of dark matter as scaffolding for all the luminous, normal stuff out there—with the former outweighing the latter five times over—like a gravitational glue that holds everything else together. —

Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2026 Preliminary revenues came in at 698 million euros, outweighing LSEG poll estimates. —

Hugh Leask,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2026 Packaging and glass transport alone can account for as much as 74% of a bottle of wine’s total carbon footprint, far outweighing emissions from viticulture or winemaking itself. —

Emily Cappiello, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026 High prices are outweighing other economic concerns, with 71% of those surveyed saying their income just matches or falls short of their monthly expenses. —

Scott Horsley, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025 The researchers also found that this would be cost-effective, with minimal risks from radiation exposure or biopsies outweighing the potential to save lives. —

Korin Miller, SELF, 24 Nov. 2025 The question now is whether cultural identity can keep outweighing material loss – or whether the second trade war will signal a deeper political shift. —

Kee Hyun Park, The Conversation, 20 Nov. 2025

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In one high-volume manufacturing evaluation, Rhoda reported that a robot system completed a component-processing workflow in under two minutes per cycle without human intervention, exceeding customer performance targets.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2026
In practice, silver moves 4% to 6% in a single day, with swings sometimes exceeding 10%, notes Jeremy Mullin, a stock strategist at money management firm Zacks Investment Research in Chicago.

— Sharon Wu, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026