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weighing

noun as in careful consideration

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Jillian, who at the time of the accident was 5 years old and weighed just under 37 pounds, was belted into a Big Kid booster that had a “Side Impact Tested” label stitched into the seatback.

Brain imaging studies show that the prefrontal cortex turns on when we weigh risks and make decisions about how to act.

The curtain has been pulled back, but the public has every right to weigh in on this, just like big institutions always have.

As the Boston Red Sox weighed whether to bring back Alex Cora as their manager these past few weeks, it was never the legalities of the move that gave them pause.

In the case of a 2015 officer-involved shooting, for example, the review board had to weigh the case without having access to key documents and interviews.

Today, there are 360 NFL players weighing at least 300 pounds.

Millions of Scots are weighing up their own internal head vs. heart battles.

Barrels of wine, weighing 900 pounds each, are still toppled on one another.

It demands weighing the interests of all voters rather than advocating for the interests of just one group.

Weighing in on issues that have been decided for decades is the equivalent of saying nothing at all.

Her black eyes were fixed intently on his face, but she was thinking, weighing in her mind some suddenly-formed project.

How gracefully she led off the merry dance whilst clogs were on her spirits, weighing upon every movement.

Sometimes a piece weighing nearly a pound is found, and a weight of even ten pounds is recorded.

The mixture was washed on the eighteenth of the said month, and a small grain of gold, weighing one-half real, was obtained.

A grain of the appearance of silver, and weighing as much as one real, was obtained.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to weighing, such as: balancing, consideration, deciding, deliberation, evaluating, and judging.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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