1
as in mattering
to be of importance
evidence that will weigh heavily against the defendant
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as in pondering
to give serious and careful thought to
weighed the options for weeks before making a decision
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Recent Examples of weighing
Now the county is weighing greenlighting a nearly $80,000 event.
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Olivia Young,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
City officials have been weighing a similar move in recent months.
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David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Transgender athletes The court is also weighing the legality of laws in Idaho and West Virginia that bar transgender athletes from competing on female sports teams in public schools and universities.
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Terry Moseley,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
Parents weighing whether their child is ready for a first concert have a lot to think about, from hearing safety to crowd size to bedtime math.
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Lauren Schuster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 June 2026
And Comcast has just unshackled itself from a media business that was weighing it down.
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Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
29 June 2026
For couples weighing whether to book one, the research and the market are pointing in the same direction.
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Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
25 June 2026
For families weighing a short certificate as a fast path to a paycheck, the field matters enormously.
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Alison Griffin,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
The primary work of a historian is to understand how and why things change over time, weighing different kinds of evidence in order to gain insight into the forces that shape society.
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Literary Hub,
25 June 2026
Olivia Young,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
City officials have been weighing a similar move in recent months.
—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
Transgender athletes The court is also weighing the legality of laws in Idaho and West Virginia that bar transgender athletes from competing on female sports teams in public schools and universities.
—
Terry Moseley,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
Parents weighing whether their child is ready for a first concert have a lot to think about, from hearing safety to crowd size to bedtime math.
—
Lauren Schuster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 June 2026
And Comcast has just unshackled itself from a media business that was weighing it down.
—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
29 June 2026
For couples weighing whether to book one, the research and the market are pointing in the same direction.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
25 June 2026
For families weighing a short certificate as a fast path to a paycheck, the field matters enormously.
—
Alison Griffin,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
The primary work of a historian is to understand how and why things change over time, weighing different kinds of evidence in order to gain insight into the forces that shape society.
—
Literary Hub,
25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weighing
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In the end, none of these delays may end up mattering.
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Intent stops mattering once a figure can close a deal.
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Bravo is sipping its cuppa and pondering what to do about those interesting ladies across the pond.
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Some viewers appear to enjoy seeing the princess in modern settings, pondering over what could have been if her life wasn't cut short.
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First, President Dillon asked for existing data centers to be grandfathered in the ordinance, meaning operating data centers can expand without following these rules.
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The resulting bio-char demonstrated a heating value of 29 MJ/kg, meaning that burning 1 kg of the fuel will provide 29 MJ of thermal energy.
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With a new album out this summer—her first in a decade—Madonna’s reemergence on the pop scene has left many of us contemplating her ultimate place in its firmament.
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The embarrassing episode also amplified questions about whether, in fact, Alito is contemplating retirement, a possibility some court watchers had already been discussing.
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Operational rigor at small scale doesn't mean importing big-firm bureaucracy—approval chains, tedious status meetings or process—for its own sake.
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The criminal case alleges Devastating Pyrotechnics founder Chee and his associates continued operating despite being ineligible for a federal explosives permit, relying on associates to obtain licenses while importing and repackaging fireworks from overseas.
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People are not only debating Bitcoin.
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Wall Street spent the week debating who the biggest winners and losers of the artificial intelligence boom will ultimately be.
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Discussions on workforce capacity often arbitrarily stop counting at age 64, despite concerns over talent shortages and aging populations.
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But one video posted to social media that appears to show a young man wielding a machete and counting down to the deadline has put migrants like Nyirenda on edge.
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Why Overreaction Is Dangerous The immune analogy becomes especially useful when considering failure modes.
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The Facebook parent is also considering selling raw computing capacity à la neocloud companies like CoreWeave, according to the report.
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“Weighing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weighing. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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