WEIGHTING Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

weighting

verb

present participle of weight

as in loading

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 weighting His own alternative is cruder and costs nothing, which is to dial the equity weighting back to 80% or 75% and pocket the fee. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 These tests are based on where eventual World Series teams since 2002 (discarding 2020 and weighting more toward champions) have tended to show separation by the All-Star break. — Neil Paine, New York Times, 16 July 2026 But weighting the draft odds is a delicate business — and one the Bulls remain committed to approaching with a clumsy commitment to competitiveness. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026 The exponential moving average smooths price trends while weighting recent data more heavily than older prices. — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025 And once on the list, companies are subject to quarterly re-weighting to reflect their relative significance. — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025 Construction on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge began in 2022 with a test involving 96 trucks, weighting around 3,300 tons combined, having been successfully completed on August 25. — James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025 Notably, even after weighting the results to better reflect the city’s demographics, respondents were 53% non-Hispanic white, while the city on the whole is just 37% white. — Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 July 2025

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The splash screen that appears when loading up Orbitals, showing Shapefarm and publisher Kepler Interactive’s logos, is soaked in retro-futuristic bright neon like Apple’s back in the 80s.

— George Yang, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
The roofline is flatter, the rear compartment is more accommodating, and loading bulky stuff is easier.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026

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After filling our brushes with mouthwash from docking station reservoirs, Sarah and I brushed our teeth side-by-side (a first for both of us professionally).

— Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
Community soil scientists Lynn Fang and Maggie Smart-McCabe will demonstrate filling mesh socks with compost, microbes and fungal mycelium.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026