How to Use outweigh in a Sentence

outweigh

verb
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  • In my opinion, the pros of this tool far outweigh the cons.
    — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The board held that the video’s harms outweighed its news value.
    — Reuters, CNN, 30 June 2023
  • The $100 pay outweighed any reticence Dlin had about the job.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Even so, the appeal of the deal can outweigh other concerns.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
  • His play can lack control and awareness at times, but the good outweighs the bad.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
  • But the level of love that comes with it outweighs everything.
    — Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
  • His brawn outweighs his brains, but his heart outweighs his brawn.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
  • If that personal life starts to outweigh what the work is, then your work suffers.
    — Melody Chiu, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023
  • For these groups, the need for shelter far outweighs the number of beds available.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
  • If that were to happen, the printer's pros would far outweigh the cons, and the C125 MF could become a true bargain for a broad range of users.
    — David English, PCMAG, 4 July 2024
  • Chances are, the free shipping won't outweigh the cost of your membership.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
  • However, the benefits clearly outweigh the risks, and the risks that do exist are not the ones Ladapo claims.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The risks of not treating depression may or may not outweigh the risks of side effects.
    — Health Editorial Team, Health, 23 Mar. 2024
  • And for me, the dull outweighed the interestingly quirky.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2024
  • If yours does charge fees, the benefits of a refinance may not outweigh this charge.
    — Jim Slavik, Car and Driver, 17 July 2023
  • Keenan says that the show seeks to present the alternative side to the Shakespeare authorship debate, where the facts outweigh the myths.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Apr. 2023
  • At the heart of them is the big one: Do the benefits of having access to this information outweigh the costs?
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 8 May 2023
  • Overall, the benefits of Phenibut far outweigh the side effects for most users.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Do the benefits of contrast dye outweigh the harm in a person with my health profile?
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2023
  • And for many, that’s not a bet worth taking if the pros don’t significantly outweigh the cons.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 18 Mar. 2023
  • By what year do scientists predict plastic will outweigh fish in the ocean, pound for pound?
    — Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The second predicts that, in the China that will follow Mao, army will outweigh party.
    — Lewis C. Austin, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
  • The analysis is quick to point out the hike in room rates isn’t backed up by an increase in demand outweighing supply.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The good outweighs the bad here but the continual grinding of hate and false statements is very taxing.
    — oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2023
  • In match play, the value of birdies usually outweighs the drawback of bogeys.
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 May 2023
  • The benefits outweighed any risk of side effects, his physician said.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Lear’s personal good times far outweighed the bad, though.
    — Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2023
  • For Mann, despite the pushback, the benefits of AI in Hollywood outweigh the risks.
    — Jason Nathanson, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Reddit — The social media stock dropped 3.4% after Loop Capital downgraded Reddit to hold from buy, saying the risks now outweigh the potential upside.
    — Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 16 July 2024
  • End of carousel Biles sometimes steps out of bounds after her tumbling passes, but the elements are so complex that their value factored into Biles’s difficulty score outweighs those landing errors.
    — Emily Giambalvo, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024

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