as in to exceed
to be greater in importance than in most elections the state of the economy outweighs all other issues

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Recent Examples of outweigh While some studies show benefits to raw or farm milk consumption, scientists argue that the benefits do not outweigh the risks and that some of the benefits cited by users may have to do with other aspects of the milk rather than the lack of pasteurization. Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024 The economic failures of the Democratic Party outweighed their demonization of Trump as a person, even if true. Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Nov. 2024 At the end of the day, for a chain to be successful, business capability outweighs technical settings, with Base being a good example as an L2 that exceeded Optimism’s 5.8B of Total Value Locked with their $8.2B, even though Base itself is launched on Optimism’s technology stack. Cloris Chen, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024 In this event, a lower 10-year Treasury yield could outweigh the risk of more fiscal debt. Sarah Min, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for outweigh 
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  • As the stakes mount, CNBC Pro screened for stocks in the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq exceeding $1 billion in market value, with the highest positive correlation with bitcoin over a 60-day period starting mid-November.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
  • In the past decade, according to Department of Homeland Security data shared with The New Yorker, the number of deportations that originated with an arrest inside the country by Immigration and Customs Enforcement hasn’t exceeded one hundred and five thousand in a single year.
    Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024
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  • Some of the hesitancy toward vaccines can be attributed to a swarm of misinformation on social media and the internet, which, in many instances, has overshadowed public health campaigns.
    SABRINA MALHI THE WASHINGTON POST, arkansasonline.com, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Hawks said relief from record-high homicides has been overshadowed by concerns about juvenile crime.
    Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
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  • Don’t overweigh anecdotal evidence, Yang advises.
    Lila Thulin, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2022
  • Most media polls overweigh Democrats.
    Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 2 Mar. 2021
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  • With no other natural habitat and a population in the low 200s, the disturbance to the pupfish could mean trouble.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • That means, assuming Avengers: Doomsday takes place in the present, an octogenarian Captain America might not make the most sense as a vehicle for Evans' big return.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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  • What’s worse, policy is still overbalanced toward power.
    David Roberts, Vox, 18 June 2019
  • Valcuha and the orchestra brought vibrancy and color to the huge first movement, which can threaten to overbalance the rest of the score if it’s not kept at least somewhat in check.
    Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 May 2018

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“Outweigh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outweigh. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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