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Recent Examples of overweigh
Don’t overweigh anecdotal evidence, Yang advises.
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Lila Thulin, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2022
Most media polls overweigh Democrats.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 2 Mar. 2021
While many pollsters overweigh Democrats, Zogby keeps them even with Republicans at 36% and independents at 28%.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 10 June 2020
Lila Thulin, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2022
Most media polls overweigh Democrats.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 2 Mar. 2021
While many pollsters overweigh Democrats, Zogby keeps them even with Republicans at 36% and independents at 28%.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 10 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overweigh
outweigh
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Sure there are occasional bad losses like a late-inning collapse in the rain on May 5 against the San Diego Padres or last Friday’s 3-2 loss to the woeful Colorado Rockies, but for the most part the good outweighs the bad.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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In 2018, a visitor fishing in the surf at North Carolina’s Outer Banks pulled out a 6-foot hammerhead shark that outweighed him.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2025
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“Overweigh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overweigh. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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