outweigh
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For many Americans, concerns about data centers’ effect on their electric bills outweigh the promised economic benefits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
For many drivers, however, earnings outweigh environmental benefits.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
When buybacks outweigh issuances, we have net buybacks, which lower the share count and increase EPS.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
The researchers suggest that this unusual evolutionary strategy would be advantageous only in environments where the benefits of greater spore dispersal outweigh the resources needed for growth.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
Extreme measures would have to be taken, and all you could hope for was that the good would outweigh the bad.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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"The Government's interest therefore outweighs any aesthetic, recreational, and environmental harm alleged by respondents," the court said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
The financial question is whether the reduction in routine work outweighs the added technical support and equipment costs.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
The atlas is now valued at £20,000, but he told the court the "cultural loss far outweighs the financial loss".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Getting to the truth of something outweighs anything else.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
A thing where the right far outweighs the wrong.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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Deutsche Lufthansa LHA 4.13%increase; green up pointing triangle reported an increase in third-quarter net profit, after strong demand and cost discipline outweighed higher fuel prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Investor fears over tech stocks, fueled by shrinking cash flows at Intel and Amazon due to AI spending, outweighed the impact of the Binance hack.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Is the potential injustice of one team having to face a pink ball outweighed by the need to get more action of the field?
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
In October 2025, Newsom reversed the decision, noting Krenwinkel’s efforts to improve herself in prison but saying her personal growth was outweighed by the potential danger she posed to the public.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
It should have made me feel nauseated and tense like it normally does, but my fear for Ayanna outweighed my fear of heights.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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“Our rate of attrition has exceeded our rate of addition,” Goldston said, explaining that the continuing, gradual loss of old MLM business was still outweighing new customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
“For medium-term investors, current yield levels offer attractive carry and a favorable asymmetry in expected returns,” with positive outcomes outweighing negative ones, said Luca Cazzulani, head of strategy at the Investment Institute by UniCredit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
“I think the earnings story of small caps is outweighing some of the fears of higher rates.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
“Emotional value is increasingly shaping purchasing decisions, at times outweighing practical function.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
So much for the good outweighing the bad.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
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