WEIGHTED Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

weighted

verb

Definition of weighted

past tense of weight

as in loaded

to place a weight or burden on weighted the car with a ton of furniture and then headed off for college

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Recent Examples of weighted In other words, the metaphorical coin must be weighted—in this case, by hominins doing things on purpose, like laying their dead to rest in the narrow, twisting darkness of Rising Star. — ArsTechnica, 25 June 2026 If affordability is your main priority, glass bead weighted blankets are usually the most accessible option. — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 18 June 2026 Choices are heavily weighted toward Europe (40%) and North America (27%). — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 June 2026 The July 1 Reinsurance Reset July 1 is one of four dates a year when large blocks of reinsurance renew, the mid-year round weighted toward American business. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 Asia’s defense investment is increasingly weighted to high-margin, technologically advanced systems and not just traditional military hardware. — Chris Oberoi, Fortune, 24 June 2026 To grade the 50 states and the District of Columbia on their relative natural disaster risks, five measures were developed that account for the frequency and damage of calamities, weighted against population and geographic size. — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 21 June 2026 Second, the sample was weighted using energy balancing, which finds weights by minimizing the energy distance — a statistical measure of the difference between two multivariate distributions — between the survey and the target population. — New York Times, 29 June 2026 Information across those categories was weighted and cross-referenced with data from global organizations like World Bank, IMF, OECD, and Global Peace Index, as well as proprietary trends data from Henley & Partners. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 June 2026

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The implosion came in the third inning when Manaea loaded the bases with two outs, with the Mets already down 1-0.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
Webb allowed three straight singles following McCarthy’s homer, then walked a batter with the bases loaded to gift the Rockies their second run.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 July 2026

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The Northern California chain was known for its Kojas, a sandwich filled with Korean BBQ meat and sauces between garlic-fried-rice buns.

— Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
Meanwhile, the infrared components illustrate the explosion’s growing shell filled with cosmic dust.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 July 2026