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outweigh
verb as in override, dominate
Example Sentences
She said the bill had "fundamental flaws" that could outweigh any potential benefits.
Scientists have said vaccines’ benefits outweigh rare risks and that medical advances now protect children against a long list of diseases that in the past killed thousands every year.
“Pressure from major industrial groups to avoid a prolonged cycle of tit-for-tat measures, as well as concerns about jeopardizing U.S. support for the war in Ukraine, ultimately outweighed pure economic calculus,” Lagarde said.
Officials largely agreed that a recent slowdown in job growth outweighed lingering concerns over sticky inflation when they cut their benchmark rate by a quarter-point last month, to a range between 4% and 4.25%.
An August referendum on restarting the reactor, held just three months after it closed, failed to attract a quorum, though the yes votes outweighed the noes.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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