WEIGHTING Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

weighting

verb

present participle of weight

as in loading

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 weighting According to its website, the almanac uses a mix of sunspot cycles, lunar position, tidal pull, and historical pattern weighting to make its long-range forecast. — Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2026 His own alternative is cruder and costs nothing, which is to dial the equity weighting back to 80% or 75% and pocket the fee. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Founded in 1818, the Farmers' Almanac uses a combination of sunspot cycles, lunar position, tidal pull and historical pattern weighting to build long-range forecasts. — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 11 Aug. 2026 These tests are based on where eventual World Series teams since 2002 (discarding 2020 and weighting more toward champions) have tended to show separation by the All-Star break. — Neil Paine, New York Times, 16 July 2026 But weighting the draft odds is a delicate business — and one the Bulls remain committed to approaching with a clumsy commitment to competitiveness. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026 The exponential moving average smooths price trends while weighting recent data more heavily than older prices. — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025 And once on the list, companies are subject to quarterly re-weighting to reflect their relative significance. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025 Construction on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge began in 2022 with a test involving 96 trucks, weighting around 3,300 tons combined, having been successfully completed on August 25. — James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025

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And his big-game jitters were reflected in the first inning of what was eventually a 1-0 loss, when his shaky command led to him loading the bases with two outs.

— Jesús Cano, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Now, Stanford was loading the box most of Friday night in an attempt to eliminate the run game.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2026

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Local rinks are filling back up, the Sabres’ rookie camp opens in just over a week and in roughly two weeks the team’s veterans will begin training camp for the 2026-27 season.

— Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Magazines and newspapers have spent much of the past few years filling column inches with concerns about the manhood of young Americans.

— T. M. Brown, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026