overweight
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
On the first day of the year Cembalest encouraged investors to reduce the overweight on U.S. equities versus the rest of the world, motivated primarily by the latter’s heavily discounted valuations.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
The brokerage maintains its overweight rating on MediaTek and says the company could also benefit from a closer relationship with Alphabet on AI chip development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Morgan Stanley upgraded its stock rating for the online trading platform provider from equal-weight to overweight, increasing its price target from $124 to $150.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
"Having weak leg muscles and being overweight or obese increases a person's risk for knee osteoarthritis," Cheng said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Willie Streeter came back to the gym, sullen and overweight.
From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte
Greg Swenson, director of equities at the Leuthold Group, says healthcare is one of the firm’s biggest overweights and top sectors, particularly for biotech and pharmaceuticals, which stands out for strong fundamentals and valuations.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
He said they see better diversifiers within financials and healthcare — their two biggest sector overweights.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026
Only March 2009 and December 2008 showed larger overweights in bonds.
From Reuters ● Nov. 15, 2023
If she overweights these achievements, it may be because people are so disinclined to give her any credit.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 28, 2020
They had charades during the rest hour that afternoon, the overweights headed by the bishop, against the underweights headed by Mr. Moody.
From Where There's a Will by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Information technology and communication services, which we overweighted for a long time, moved back to market weight toward the end of last year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Managers overweighted both investment-grade corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities in credit and underweighted Japanese government bonds, expecting that the Bank of Japan would raise rates.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
“The dealers’ survey is overweighted to the larger galleries,” said Servais in an interview.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
Then there is his character, a relentlessly lively presence in a team otherwise overweighted towards introspection.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2013
Since the canoe is as round-bottomed as the trunk from which it was carved, the least imbalance in weight distribution tips the canoe toward the overweighted side.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
At Citigroup, strategists are now recommending overweighting U.S. stocks from a prior neutral stance.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026
Global investor sentiment reached its most bullish level since June 2021, with equity overweighting highest since late 2024.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
"Some sovereign wealth funds are overweighting China," he said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 10, 2023
This is exactly what would be expected if hallucinations in psychosis depended on an overweighting of perceptual priors so that they overwhelmed sensory prediction errors, unmooring perceptual best guesses from their causes in the world.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 27, 2019
The front wheels are sinking faster, overweighting the harness.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
