weighted
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
My arms and legs feel like they’re stuck under the heaviest weighted blanket in the world.
From Literature
![]()
Skepticism about the wisdom of these profligate plans are a problem for indexes that are heavily weighted toward big tech like the S&P 500, which ended the week slightly lower.
From Barron's
The Dow is weighted by share price, calculated by adding the prices of the index’s 30 stocks and dividing by a factor that accounts for changes, such as stock splits and new index entrants.
Half of the companies trade at forward P/E valuations lower than the IT sector’s weighted P/E of 25.7.
From MarketWatch
Those four stocks all have high share prices, which means they have a bigger impact on the price-weighted Dow than they would if the index was weighted according to market value.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.