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Recent Examples of outweigh
Still, the highlights outweigh the lackluster elements.
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Courtney Howard, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
The big picture: While some Arizona parishioners shared Trump's view of the sermon, the negative response has been far outweighed by support, the Right Rev. Jennifer A. Reddall, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona, told Axios.
—Erin Alberty, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
The results revealed that 57% of respondents over 60 years old and 51% of people between the ages of 40 and 59 found the benefits outweighed the risks, while only 24% of people between the ages of 18 and 49 believed the same.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Potential job gains in some sectors would not outweigh the losses in others, Jason Miller, a professor of supply chain management at Michigan State University, told ABC News.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2025
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Courtney Howard, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
The big picture: While some Arizona parishioners shared Trump's view of the sermon, the negative response has been far outweighed by support, the Right Rev. Jennifer A. Reddall, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona, told Axios.
—Erin Alberty, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
The results revealed that 57% of respondents over 60 years old and 51% of people between the ages of 40 and 59 found the benefits outweighed the risks, while only 24% of people between the ages of 18 and 49 believed the same.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Potential job gains in some sectors would not outweigh the losses in others, Jason Miller, a professor of supply chain management at Michigan State University, told ABC News.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outweigh
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But the number of deaths in 2025 has already exceeded last year’s count.—
Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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The Mansour Group has more than 60,000 employees and annual revenue exceeding $7.5 billion.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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His reign was perhaps overshadowed by those of his father, his son and his queen, who ruled for nearly 20 years and built a major temple and tomb for herself.—
Alan Yuhas,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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His finishes of Dan Hooker and Tony Ferguson are currently overshadowed by his four defeats: to Charles Oliveira (twice), Justin Gaethje and Dustin Poirier.—
Simon Head,
Newsweek,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Don’t overweigh anecdotal evidence, Yang advises.—
Lila Thulin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 May 2022
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Most media polls overweigh Democrats.—
Paul Bedard,
Washington Examiner,
2 Mar. 2021
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That means the seeding will not always be the same as the final rankings done by the CFP selection committee.—
Stephen Hawkins,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
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This means businesses can deliver the right message to the right audience at the right time.—
Victoria Chynoweth,
Rolling Stone,
25 Feb. 2025
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What’s worse, policy is still overbalanced toward power.—
David Roberts,
Vox,
18 June 2019
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Valcuha and the orchestra brought vibrancy and color to the huge first movement, which can threaten to overbalance the rest of the score if it’s not kept at least somewhat in check.—
Joshua Kosman,
San Francisco Chronicle,
4 May 2018
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