WEIGHING Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

weighing

verb

present participle of weigh

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 Concrete barriers designed to keep cars out of the secure area crumbled as the jet, weighing more than 100 tons, headed straight for a four-lane road. — Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026 After officials finished weighing and measuring it, Harmon returned the giant blue catfish alive to the Ohio River near where it was caught. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026 Alongside these resources, the NPD Hydro portal hosts the NPD Insights catalog for site rankings, as well as the NPD Toolkit, which models payback periods while weighing environmental, community, and electrical grid considerations. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026 Climbers must be at least 3 feet, 11 inches tall to participate, and climbers weighing less than 88 pounds or more than 264 pounds must book a private group climb. — Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026 The judge declared a mistrial today after the jury weighing the fate of Lindsay Clancy failed for the third time to reach a verdict in the case. — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026 His medicals will be key when teams are weighing whether to pursue him in the offseason. — Jim Bowden, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Some 320 objects weighing 14 pounds were found inside a clay vessel, while the rest was found in the surrounding soil. — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2026 But Karen Guzzo, an expert on family development and demographic trends at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said many American couples who are weighing parenthood need this kind of help. — Brian Mann, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026

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Until then, price will keep mattering more than where the panel was made.

— Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
My dad never chased the kind of mattering that consumed me and so many of my peers.

— Matthew Emerzian, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026

Definition of mattering

Verb

Kronengold and Shaw are still pondering what will come of that if Adults gets to be renewed.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
The summer before his junior year of high school, he was accepted into the SPARK program and was pondering his next direction.

— Beth Reese Cravey, Florida Times-Union, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of pondering

Verb

While some call it a lead, the poll margins show a statistical tie, meaning one strong donation, attack ad or scandal can send the race in any direction.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
Many posh lines are extending Mediterranean itineraries into the shoulder season and even winter, meaning there are more options for luxury voyages than ever before.

— Janice Wald Henderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of meaning

Verb

While all of this is happening, Paul also reconnects with Ben, a musician who viewers met during Season 4, and begins contemplating yet another relationship.

— Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Pegula advanced to face Sorana Cirstea, the 36-year-old from Romania who is contemplating retirement after this season.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of contemplating

Verb

The ban on importing Canadian alcohol in particular closely mirrors bans on American alcohol that provinces across Canada put in place in early 2025.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
Mahsa Shojaei, an accountant with a customs-clearing company, said much of its business before the war involved importing rice, tea and coffee from India and Pakistan.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of importing

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Voyager 1 became the first spacecraft to reach interstellar space in 2012, although scientists are still debating about exactly where that boundary lies.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Schrader approaches some pretty tetchy, third-rail territory, doing some debating about whether one act of child abuse means that John is, inherently, a child abuser by nature.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of debating

Verb

By Childs’s count, Tuesday’s release patches 972 vulnerabilities, and 997 when counting the porting of fixes for the Chromium browser incorporated into Edge.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
But for thousands who still mourn, especially in the New York region on the 25th anniversary, such fundamental concerns about identifying the victims, counting the dead and finding the culprits is the equivalent of an open wound.

— Mike Kelly, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of counting

Verb

The panel's decision comes even as the Supreme Court is already considering the same case, which is part of a frenzied legal rush as states are beginning to send out mail ballots for this fall's midterm elections.

— NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
It may be overlooked, considering how comfortable Suzuki appears when carrying out Unai Emery’s ploy of his backline baiting an opponent’s press, but at Parma, he was required to kick mostly long.

— Aston Villa, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026