as in loading
to place a weight or burden on
weighted the car with a ton of furniture and then headed off for college
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Recent Examples of weighting
But weighting the draft odds is a delicate business — and one the Bulls remain committed to approaching with a clumsy commitment to competitiveness.
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
The exponential moving average smooths price trends while weighting recent data more heavily than older prices.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
And once on the list, companies are subject to quarterly re-weighting to reflect their relative significance.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Construction on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge began in 2022 with a test involving 96 trucks, weighting around 3,300 tons combined, having been successfully completed on August 25.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Notably, even after weighting the results to better reflect the city’s demographics, respondents were 53% non-Hispanic white, while the city on the whole is just 37% white.
—Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 July 2025
Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
The exponential moving average smooths price trends while weighting recent data more heavily than older prices.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2025
And once on the list, companies are subject to quarterly re-weighting to reflect their relative significance.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Construction on the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge began in 2022 with a test involving 96 trucks, weighting around 3,300 tons combined, having been successfully completed on August 25.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Notably, even after weighting the results to better reflect the city’s demographics, respondents were 53% non-Hispanic white, while the city on the whole is just 37% white.
—Danielle Echeverria, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weighting
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Edgar Quero got hit by a pitch, loading the bases for Andrew Benintendi.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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But there’s also an imbalance created with loading up that Cirelli line, which is that Point’s unit is far less dangerous.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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It’s expected that the Chargers will shift Slaughter to left guard, filling one of their most pressing needs on the second day of the three-day draft.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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His music has spanned genres and mediums, with the composer filling various roles, but its through line is its sense of the uncanny and Lopatin’s understanding of how warping sonic textures can tap into surreality.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Weighting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weighting. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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