as in overshadowed
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 outweighed
Those small changes will be outweighed by individual companies’ demand and supply changes.
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Bill Conerly, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
The good far outweighed the bad.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2024
But all of that is outweighed by the plastic, concrete and other material that humans have produced in the last century alone in the form of everything from roads and skyscrapers to cars, cellphones, paper towels and bobblehead dolls.
—Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
The temporary pecuniary gains of fraudulent practices are outweighed by the near certainty, especially at this scale, of prosecution and the financial ruin and reputational damage that comes with it.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Fury, who outweighed his opponent by 55 pounds, struggled to maintain his pace after the early rounds, allowing Usyk to control the action with precision and lateral movement.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
However, the temporary authorization was revoked three months later after more robust studies failed to find a benefit that outweighed potential risks.
—Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
But nothing seemed fun in light of the far more serious issue that clearly outweighed the final game result.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Whatever marginal benefits China’s economy may derive from lax chemical regulations, they are far outweighed by the very real possibility that American anger regarding the CCP’s role in the epidemic will push Washington to adopt a harder line toward Beijing.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2024
Bill Conerly, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
The good far outweighed the bad.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2024
But all of that is outweighed by the plastic, concrete and other material that humans have produced in the last century alone in the form of everything from roads and skyscrapers to cars, cellphones, paper towels and bobblehead dolls.
—Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
The temporary pecuniary gains of fraudulent practices are outweighed by the near certainty, especially at this scale, of prosecution and the financial ruin and reputational damage that comes with it.
—Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Fury, who outweighed his opponent by 55 pounds, struggled to maintain his pace after the early rounds, allowing Usyk to control the action with precision and lateral movement.
—Katya Soldak, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
However, the temporary authorization was revoked three months later after more robust studies failed to find a benefit that outweighed potential risks.
—Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2024
But nothing seemed fun in light of the far more serious issue that clearly outweighed the final game result.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Whatever marginal benefits China’s economy may derive from lax chemical regulations, they are far outweighed by the very real possibility that American anger regarding the CCP’s role in the epidemic will push Washington to adopt a harder line toward Beijing.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outweighed
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But those accomplishments were overshadowed by stubbornly high, post-pandemic inflation that resulted in higher-than-pre-pandemic prices.Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
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Its release in August was largely overshadowed by rumors of a feud between Baldoni and Lively, and by negative chatter about Lively on social media.Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Matter of fact, wages have exceeded inflation for the last two years.USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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Moreover, the policy has already produced results as the year-over-year growth in purchases of both home appliances and autos far exceeded overall retail sales growth in November.Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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This meant strikes often relied on outdated intelligence.Samuel Granados, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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That meant that a manual attempt to track the handsets of the building’s prewar residents may have suggested there was no one there at all.Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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The control and stoicism came back for the games that mattered most (though the glove did show up a couple more times as a bit of an issue).Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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That gave the Bears a 7-0 lead, their first lead in more than a month, but in that 2017 game, nothing else really mattered.Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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