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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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Safe haven demand temporarily outweighed inflation fears, prompting capital to exit risk assets and flow into the Treasury market, thereby pulling yields lower.

— , CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
In each case, deep consumer-brand experience—understanding how a national retailer or a hospitality company thinks about customer experience, loyalty and service delivery—outweighed the necessity of a banking background.

— Paul Davis, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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