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"weight of opinion" is a correct and usable expression in written English.
You can use it to describe the power of a collective opinion, or a single opinion given a large amount of influence. For example: "The media's heavy focus on this issue has increased the weight of opinion in favor of a new policy."
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It's about the weight of opinion behind the school.
But, as with tobacco, I think the weight of opinion on sugar has now tipped decisively.
Beyond presidential politics, the weight of opinion is swinging against ethanol, sometimes virulently.
But a steadily growing weight of opinion holds that filming the police is legal.
Every page bristles with informed analysis and cogent argument, but the sheer weight of opinion can sometimes be crushing.
But when it became clear which way the weight of opinion was falling, they too nodded their assent to the strike.
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They're smothered by the weight of opinions and statistics, but they still don't feel they've got enough honest knowledge to make a proper decision.
"But you can feel the weight of public opinion shifting.
Signed by 750,000 people it was symbolic of the weight of public opinion.
I believe one day the weight of world opinion will force them to do so.
The greatest exponent for protection of the individual from the weight of majority opinion was John Stuart Mill.
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