tip the scales

Example Sentences

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Not only might the outcome tip the scales of the next college football season, it could also become a watershed test for this new era of college sports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

Hemingway would never have drunk here, although the fanfare upon his entry may tip the scales.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

There is no piece of content I can share—or even make!—that will ultimately tip the scales and make all these bad-faith actors see the light.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2025

But Sydney resident Claire, for all her wrath, worries that this could tip the scales in the other direction and exclude other people from using the beach.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

“So the object is to tip the scales in your favor?”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern