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as in to outweigh
to be greater in importance than proper food and sleep should overweigh all-night partying in your priorities

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Recent Examples of overweigh Don’t overweigh anecdotal evidence, Yang advises. Lila Thulin, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2022 Most media polls overweigh Democrats. Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 2 Mar. 2021
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  • Such impasses typically end when one party decides the political costs of keeping the government closed outweigh the concessions of opening it.
    J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2025
  • When fully autonomous trucks start traveling highways nationwide, will the promise of faster and safer freight outweigh the economic and social changes that follow?
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025

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“Overweigh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overweigh. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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