outweighs

present tense third-person singular of outweigh
as in exceeds
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 outweighs In Los Angeles, three weeks of good baseball far outweighs six months of poor performance. — Katie Woo, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 In some projections, that extra snow outweighs the ice lost to the warming ocean, and the ice sheet actually grows. — Robert Kopp, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026 Adoption has been slower in industries with smaller, mixed-brand fleets, such as real estate, home services and specialty contracting, where integrating multiple OEM platforms often outweighs near-term gains. — Stacey Moser, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Some users return to smartphones when the inconvenience outweighs the benefits. — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026 The Guardian has explored the practical compromises of living with a dumbphone, and some users return to smartphones when the inconvenience outweighs the benefits. — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026 The forests also drive tourism, which some researchers argue outweighs their value as lumber. — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 But the positive effect of it way, way outweighs any negatives. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026 And is a 165-pound back your best north-south option on a gotta-have-it conversion when Micah Welch, who outweighs Taylor by 50 pounds, could hammer it home? — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outweighs
Verb
  • Across America, the average net worth of owners greatly exceeds the net worth of renters.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • In-store shopping generally exceeds online in every state except Maryland and New York, where online is the narrow leader.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Continue reading … HOLD YOUR BREATH — Giants' season-opening high comes crashing down as Jaxson Dart's knee injury overshadows Rams' blowout win.
    — , FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • But Bickerstaff's 9-11 postseason record with Detroit overshadows the regular-season success.
    — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The issue is that many leaders operate in environments where urgency consistently outranks reflection.
    — Allison Mais, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • The durable strategy is to build a body of authoritative, technically sound content that outranks the problem and holds its ground after the news cycle moves on.
    — K. H. Koehler, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • Yet, despite these extraordinary advances, the brain still holds countless mysteries, with much more left to learn and discover and optogenetics has given us a powerful means to take on these challenges.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026
  • What this means, in practical terms, is that the songs on Beat elevate mood above structure.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026

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“Outweighs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outweighs. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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