as in outweighs
to be greater in importance than
my determination to finish the job overbalanced my exhaustion
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For many of the wounded, the threat of disappearing into Iran’s prisons far outweighs the risks of forgoing medical help.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
11 Feb. 2026 -
Meanwhile, in the compounding market, the share of copycats for Novo's drug far outweighs that of Lilly's.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Overbalances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overbalances. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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