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
The exponential moving average smooths price trends while weighting recent data more heavily than older prices.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weighting
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That’s hoovering up free cash flows and loading the companies with depreciating assets, radically altering many of the characteristics that have helped fuel the firms’ rise over the past decade.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
16 Feb. 2026
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That’s hoovering up free cash flows and loading the companies with depreciating assets, radically altering many of the characteristics that have helped fuel the firms’ rise over the past decade.—
Jeran Wittenstein,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
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Before a fast, focus on filling up with fiber, fat and protein to sustain your body with energy during low-intake periods.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
13 Feb. 2026
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Thank you to all the countries that are filling the PURL program.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Weighting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weighting. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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