WEIGHTED Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

weighted

verb

Definition of weighted

past tense of weight

as in loaded

to place a weight or burden on weighted the car with a ton of furniture and then headed off for college

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Recent Examples of weighted Once the data was collected and evaluated, it was consolidated and weighted within a scoring model. — Time Staff, Time, 9 July 2026 Each category is weighted based on how frequently states use them as a selling point. — Scott Cohn, CNBC, 9 July 2026 What’s in the budget Teachers are set to get an average raise of 8% over two years, but that is heavily weighted toward early career teachers. — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026 The portfolio that remained at the end of the first quarter was heavily weighted in dividend stocks. — Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 The road numbers are weighted by two bad starts at Yankee Stadium and Target Field. — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 1 July 2026 In other words, the metaphorical coin must be weighted—in this case, by hominins doing things on purpose, like laying their dead to rest in the narrow, twisting darkness of Rising Star. — ArsTechnica, 25 June 2026 Asia’s defense investment is increasingly weighted to high-margin, technologically advanced systems and not just traditional military hardware. — Chris Oberoi, Fortune, 24 June 2026 Choices are heavily weighted toward Europe (40%) and North America (27%). — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 June 2026

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The implosion came in the third inning when Manaea loaded the bases with two outs, with the Mets already down 1-0.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
Webb allowed three straight singles following McCarthy’s homer, then walked a batter with the bases loaded to gift the Rockies their second run.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 July 2026

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Following the Japanese art form Kintsugi, the packaging is made up of gold- and silver-filled pottery fragments to resemble a broken heart pieced back together.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
These cracks were filled by the lime clasts that reacted with salt or rainwater to recrystallize.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026