Sentence examples for Outweigh from inspiring English sources

'outweigh' is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it when you are referring to one thing or set of circumstances being of greater importance or having more influence than another. For example: "The benefits of taking the job outweigh the drawbacks."

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Outweigh

verb

To exceed in weight or mass.

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There is clearly no shortage of people for whom the huge risks of the sea crossing outweigh those of staying at home.

Related: The benefits of solar do outweigh its costs.

I think the judge was wrong in saying the right to a fair trial outweighed the interest in broadcasting the programme – there is a balance to be struck and one right does not automatically outweigh another".

In other words, the ability to pay will outweigh medical need.

I was hoping that my status as an alumnus, my fundraising track record with Amref (African Medical & Research Foundation) and the fact that I had bravely faced pre-marital wrath to take the interview, would outweigh my woeful knowledge of the higher education sector.

"The consequences of this painful and psychologically traumatizing practice do not outweigh the benefits.

The skills gained through setting up a business far outweigh the downside of it not succeeding.

It would proclaim the achievements of the churches, which, by any calculation, far outweigh the damage they have done.

Meanwhile, no one can really know whether the fortuitous boost from lower oil prices can outweigh in electoral terms the general impression that so many people in this country feel they are just scraping a living, and that the coalition has a lot to answer for.

Their report, the most comprehensive to date, concluded that immediate investment is required to discover whether the potential risks outweigh the benefits.

"The fundamental question is whether these observed placebo-corrected treatment effects outweigh the risks associated with treatment," the FDA said in its latest review.

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