outweigh
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It doesn’t promote short-term behavior and its costs, modest as they are, don’t outweigh its benefits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Ada is facing a make-or-break debut and struggling with a homesickness that seems to outweigh her desire to model.
From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026
“My sense is that this disinflationary effect will outweigh the inflationary effect,” Rajan added.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
They all apparently have determined the health benefits outweigh the slightly sulfurous odors that have been the cause of some domestic friction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
“I would be racked with guilt,” he admitted, “were I not devoted to the belief that the results you will produce will more than outweigh their claim.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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The increased value of SK Telecom’s Anthropic stake outweighs anything happening in its telecom business, Baker says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
But Pietersen said a stint at the IPL, the world's richest cricket tournament, outweighs time on the county circuit.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
"The number of receptors in the human eye far outweighs what a camera is able to do."
From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026
“Their response has been that their fiduciary responsibility outweighs any other consideration,” Pritchett said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2026
She added, more loudly, “I think J. R.’s value to us outweighs his danger, that of his knowing.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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But, it said, "these are likely to be outweighed by other actions that may increase emissions".
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
There have been astonishing increases in AI use in 2026, and the increase in token use has vastly outweighed the declining “per token cost”.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Ultimately, the board determined that the long-term community benefits of the Sunrise project outweighed the short-term pain of displacing Silverado residents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
He acknowledged that some risk exists, but stressed that it was “very, very, very small” and was “fantastically” outweighed by raw milk’s therapeutic value.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Dana was a well-known idiot, on top of which he outweighed Roy by at least fifty pounds.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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“Some people are still treating themselves at home,” said Rose Tchwenko, Mercy Corps’ country director for Congo, “because of the fear of treatment centers and stigma outweighing trust in the response.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
“Emotional value is increasingly shaping purchasing decisions, at times outweighing practical function.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
She said European countries are years behind allies such as Japan and Australia, and still see economic opportunities in China as outweighing security concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
The Radical Road itself has become overgrown without usage for years but HES says the wider path network is now "highly degraded" from the pressure of user numbers outweighing the capacity of the paths.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
So much for the good outweighing the bad.
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
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