Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weighting (down)
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This waist pack is a must-have for keeping my phone, keys, and energy gels stored without weighing down my pockets.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
29 Dec. 2025 -
After a long while, earrings can even cause permanent stretching to your earlobes from weighing down your ears, which is impossible to naturally reverse.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
29 Dec. 2025
Verb
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From there, lab directors select the wells with the highest concentrations of each virus, subjecting a reserved portion to further genetic analysis, which shows which subtype of each virus is present.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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She was bound and kidnapped as the trio drove her to Broward County, subjecting her to six to 10 hours of threatening to kill and rape her — at one point assaulting her.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
24 Dec. 2025
Verb
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This left the country without a regular budget for next year and is hampering plans for long-overdue structural reforms and decisions on use of EU support funds.—
Veselin Toshkov,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2025
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Decades-old grids in the US are hampering new energy rollouts, and Spain’s huge blackout in April was blamed on an aged system unable to cope with power swings.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
29 Dec. 2025
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No other employees involved in the altercation were fired, including the worker seen restraining the woman on the ground.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Arab governments eager to turn the page on years of upheaval see Washington as the only power capable—if rarely willing—of restraining a bellicose Israel.—
Comfort Ero,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Weighting (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weighting%20%28down%29. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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