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outweigh

[out-wey] / ˌaʊtˈweɪ /


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The findings indicate that the advantages of lowering blood pressure more intensively may outweigh concerns about overtreating patients with hypertension.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026

In practice, critics say, the phrase has become shorthand for science in which preferred outcomes outweigh inconvenient evidence.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

A CBS News poll published Sunday revealed that worry, stress and anger far outweigh safety and confidence, when those polled were asked how they feel about the war.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

In this forbidding portrait, suffering threatens to outweigh the tantalizing possibility of redemption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

To become the Mockingjay . . . could any good 1 do possibly outweigh the damage?

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins




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