1
as in mattering
to be of importance
evidence that will weigh heavily against the defendant
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2
as in pondering
to give serious and careful thought to
weighed the options for weeks before making a decision
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Recent Examples of weighing
Missouri faces a legal battle over a referendum to redraw one key district even before weighing changes under the Supreme Court’s decision.
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Atmos Rewards members can pack up to 12 bottles in a box or case weighing 50 pounds or less.
—Hali Smith, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Trump is weighing multiple diplomatic and policy options to push Iran to end its chokehold, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
At his height and weighing 305 pounds, Rioux lacked explosivenes, lateral movement and endurance, while his hand-eye coordination was inconsistent.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
The City Council is now weighing how to respond to years of resident demand without overspending.
—Idaho Statesman, 30 Apr. 2026
This component belongs to a magnetic system weighing 3,000 tonnes (3,300 tons) that interacts with nine vacuum vessel sectors.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
Reader is the kind of free agent who may be weighing his options between a contending team and a team like the Giants who might have to overpay to lure him to the Big Apple.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
The state’s highest court, the SJC, heard arguments in a community lawsuit filed by the Defenders and Emerald Necklace Conservancy earlier this month, and is weighing its claim that the project’s professional soccer use would illegally privatize public parkland.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Bart Jansen, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Atmos Rewards members can pack up to 12 bottles in a box or case weighing 50 pounds or less.
—Hali Smith, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Trump is weighing multiple diplomatic and policy options to push Iran to end its chokehold, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
At his height and weighing 305 pounds, Rioux lacked explosivenes, lateral movement and endurance, while his hand-eye coordination was inconsistent.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
The City Council is now weighing how to respond to years of resident demand without overspending.
—Idaho Statesman, 30 Apr. 2026
This component belongs to a magnetic system weighing 3,000 tonnes (3,300 tons) that interacts with nine vacuum vessel sectors.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026
Reader is the kind of free agent who may be weighing his options between a contending team and a team like the Giants who might have to overpay to lure him to the Big Apple.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026
The state’s highest court, the SJC, heard arguments in a community lawsuit filed by the Defenders and Emerald Necklace Conservancy earlier this month, and is weighing its claim that the project’s professional soccer use would illegally privatize public parkland.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weighing
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Lajos’s transparent skin, initially so intriguing, does not end up mattering or meaning anything.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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Good morning from Boston, There are moments that end up mattering.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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The two-term governor, who is seeking a third term in November while pondering a potential 2028 White House bid, is viewed favorably by 68% of Chicagoans and unfavorably by 20%.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Gary Thuerk, of the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), was pondering how to advertise upcoming demonstrations in California of his company’s latest computers.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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After 33 games, there is nothing to choose between City and Arsenal in points (70) or goal difference (+37), meaning City have edged their way to the top on goals scored — bagging 66 goals compared to Arsenal’s 63.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Neuroscientists have found that these events at dendrites can allow even single neurons to perform complex computations — meaning that dendrites are the reason why a single neuron can have the same amount of computational power as a deep artificial neural network.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Apr. 2026
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Many companies have filed lawsuits seeking refunds and companies are contemplating the impact this would have on shareholders.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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California is contemplating a one-time, 5 percent levy on the state’s billionaires—200 or so people in a population of 40 million.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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The state is also heavily reliant on electric power imports, importing 62,157 gigawatt hours of power in 2024 with 15 percent of those imports coming from nuclear power plants in other states.—
Paige Lambermont,
Oc Register,
26 Apr. 2026
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In Nigeria, Africa’s top crude oil exporter, Dangote’s refinery — the continent’s largest — has become a central player in the domestic energy market since coming on stream in 2024, reducing the country’s decades-old dependence on importing refined fuels.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Idaho lawmakers spent hours debating a surge in rodents menacing Boise-area gardens and kitchens and threatening agriculture and public health.—
Karin Brulliard,
Washington Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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The hoods might just as well evoke the garb of Christian monks debating whether the soul is distinct from the body.—
Dawn Chan,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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The distributor has been doubling down on wide releases, counting three over the past six weeks with Forbidden Fruit and Faces of Death.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2026
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The state faces a July 1 deadline to stop counting ballots using computerized bar codes.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Safety and Clinic Standards Safety is often one of the first concerns people have when considering treatment abroad.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Van Bendegem, who would become a leading scholar on ultrafinitist logic, later addressed these concerns by considering a geometry in which a line or curve has width and is both finite and finitely divisible.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Weighing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weighing. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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