How to Use outweigh in a Sentence

outweigh

verb

• This issue outweighs all others in importance.
• She outweighs her sister by 10 pounds.
• The board held that the video’s harms outweighed its news value.
  — Reuters, CNN, 30 June 2023
• The $100 pay outweighed any reticence Dlin had about the job.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2023
• Even so, the appeal of the deal can outweigh other concerns.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
• His play can lack control and awareness at times, but the good outweighs the bad.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
• But the level of love that comes with it outweighs everything.
  — Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
• If that personal life starts to outweigh what the work is, then your work suffers.
  — Melody Chiu, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023
• For these groups, the need for shelter far outweighs the number of beds available.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
• Chances are, the free shipping won't outweigh the cost of your membership.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
• The risks of not treating depression may or may not outweigh the risks of side effects.
  — Health Editorial Team, Health, 23 Mar. 2024
• If yours does charge fees, the benefits of a refinance may not outweigh this charge.
  — Jim Slavik, Car and Driver, 17 July 2023
• Keenan says that the show seeks to present the alternative side to the Shakespeare authorship debate, where the facts outweigh the myths.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Apr. 2023
• At the heart of them is the big one: Do the benefits of having access to this information outweigh the costs?
  — Megan Molteni, STAT, 8 May 2023
• Overall, the benefits of Phenibut far outweigh the side effects for most users.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
• Do the benefits of contrast dye outweigh the harm in a person with my health profile?
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2023
• And for many, that’s not a bet worth taking if the pros don’t significantly outweigh the cons.
  — Victoria Song, The Verge, 18 Mar. 2023
• The analysis is quick to point out the hike in room rates isn’t backed up by an increase in demand outweighing supply.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2023
• The good outweighs the bad here but the continual grinding of hate and false statements is very taxing.
  — oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2023
• In match play, the value of birdies usually outweighs the drawback of bogeys.
  — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 May 2023
• The benefits outweighed any risk of side effects, his physician said.
  — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
• Lear’s personal good times far outweighed the bad, though.
  — Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2023
• For Mann, despite the pushback, the benefits of AI in Hollywood outweigh the risks.
  — Jason Nathanson, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2023
• Hunt is clearly convinced that this cost will be outweighed by gains in the economy overall.
  — Cassie Werber, Quartz, 16 Mar. 2023
• The new study suggests that the benefit may outweigh the potential harms for Black women.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 27 Apr. 2023
• This easily outweighed the standing state record of 39.1 pounds.
  — Outdoor Life, 16 Aug. 2023
• The turnout will be the first test of his legacy and of the anger and momentum accumulating since his funeral — whether the desire to protest outweighs the fear of reprisal.
  — Valerie Hopkins, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• The risks, such as blood loss and infection, often outweigh the benefits.
  — Korin Miller, Health, 15 Sep. 2023
• However, many of the victims found the amount paid in compensation was outweighed by legal fees.
  — Sachin Ravikumar, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
• That meant the savings in treatment costs significantly outweighed the higher price of the nets.
  — Bygretchen Vogel, science.org, 15 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024