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.

“We continue to think investors should be overweight these stocks, and our “North star” has been and remains to own semiconductors over software.”

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

Asset allocation, Currie emphasized, is a zero-sum game: “You cannot be overweight everything.”

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

The NHS recommends the jabs for people who are overweight with obesity-related health risks, not people who just want to get a bit thinner.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

He’d grown up overweight in the public eye as a child actor, appearing on the sitcoms “Fresh Off the Boat” and “Fuller House.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

By listening to them talk I accumulated a vocabulary of the road, of tires and springs, of overweight.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck