as in outweighs
to be greater in importance than
my determination to finish the job overbalanced my exhaustion
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The laws of armed conflict allow attacks on civilian infrastructure such as energy plants only if the military advantage outweighs the civilian harm, legal scholars say.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026 -
PBHs have also been considered as a possible constituent of dark matter, the invisible matter permeating the universe that outweighs normal matter by a factor of about five.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Overbalances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overbalances. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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