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overweigh

verb

ˌō-vər-ˈwā

Definition of overweigh

as in to outweigh

to be greater in importance than proper food and sleep should overweigh all-night partying in your priorities

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Recent Examples of overweigh While many pollsters overweigh Democrats, Zogby keeps them even with Republicans at 36% and independents at 28%. — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 10 June 2020

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outweigh

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Ultimately, Earth's tilt, day length, and sun angle are the primary determinants of seasons, far outweighing orbital distance.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Most of us, for instance, are not the oil company executives who were told about the effects of CO2 emissions back in the 1970s and decided that the threat to their business outweighed the threat to the planet.

— Gabriel Winslow-Yost, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026

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