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Discover LudwigThe phrase "weighs against" is correct and commonly used in written English.
You can use it to introduce a factor or consideration that opposes or diminishes the likelihood or success of something else. For example: - The evidence presented by the prosecution weighs heavily against the defendant's claims of innocence. - The high cost of living in the city weighs against moving there for many young professionals. - The risks of the new business venture weigh against the potential profits. - The candidate's lack of experience may weigh against them in the eyes of the voters.
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In [4], this was accomplished using the analytical hierarchical process (AHP) to assign weights against the alternative networks in relation to the current network, and technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution (TOPSIS) was employed to select the best option.
To test whether there was an overall positive effect of the prevalence beliefs on diagnosis likelihood judgments, we ran a one-sample t test on the 27 regression weights against 0. On the whole, they were significantly positive [t(26) = 2.58, p = .015].
Though later coins would be smaller, Endybis chose the Roman aureus to standardize Aksumite coin weights against, with gold issues at half-aureus around 2.70 grams (more precisely, the theoretical weight may have been 2.725g).
The right panel of Fig. 4 presents the normalised weights against different δ values.
Bottom left panel: normalised weights against the MAR estimates obtained from each of the 500 imputed dataset.
Charts of unselected birth weights against gestational duration usually demonstrate increasing dispersion with decreasing gestation of delivery for deliveries before 40weekss.
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"This tells you the weight against which we're pulling".
That sad woman blocked the door frame until I threw my weight against the door.
"Damn it," he said, and put all his weight against the machine, but to no avail.
As he pressed his weight against the door, it gradually gave way, emitting a loud sigh.
It is actually a scientific fact that scientific facts carry little weight against life experience.
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