weigh (on or upon)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weigh (on or upon)
Verb
  • Once everyone can press a button and draft a go-to-market strategy that puts McKinsey’s million-dollar-version to shame, what matters is who has the best idea other humans find worth investing in.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • This time, Tkachuk came through on the power play much quicker as Florida pressed an advantage with Carolina’s Jaccob Slavin lost his stick.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • Despite the Timberwolves being down 16, McDaniels decided to shove Gilgeous-Alexander, sending him to the ground.
    Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 May 2025
  • Four days per week, nurse anesthetist Mike O’Dell spends his 10-hour shifts sitting in a swivel chair shoved between pieces of towering, whirring operating equipment.
    Megan Sauer Ryan Johnston, CNBC, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • The interstellar medium in our Milky Way galaxy is magnetic, can be compressed, and is turbulent.
    Victoria Corless, Space.com, 19 May 2025
  • So much fresh spinach done for you, cooked down and compressed for you.
    Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 May 2025
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“Weigh (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weigh%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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