as in considered
decided on as a result of careful thought a carefully weighed decision to take the company in a new direction
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as in mattered
to be of importance evidence that will weigh heavily against the defendant
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as in pondered
to give serious and careful thought to weighed the options for weeks before making a decision
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Recent Examples of weighed
Ray Campos, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026 After noticing a problem, keepers separated the mother from her newborn, who weighed just 443 grams (less than a pound) and required immediate placement in an incubator at CIMBA to stabilize his temperature and safeguard his health, Reynoso Ruiz said. —ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026 Those supplements have weighed much more heavily towards transportation initiatives. —State House News Service, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026 At a center for malnourished children in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, health staff weighed crying babies and fed some through a tube in their nose. —Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026 This is the third time this allegation will be weighed by a jury. —Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 The calf weighed approximately 308 pounds at birth, a healthy size for an Asian elephant newborn. —Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026 Australian business confidence in March dropped, weighed by concerns over the Iran war that had led to a global oil shock, according to a survey from National Australia Bank, Reuters reported. —Justina Lee, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026 In the Greater San Diego fair, Olivia Liu from La Jolla Country Day School weighed the effectiveness of soap and alcohol in achieving healthy skin in the category of microbiology. —Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
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Flavin says she is left with few options and has weighed closing the shop and reopening possibly as a nail salon, but says that this community is too important to give up on. —Ray Campos, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026 After noticing a problem, keepers separated the mother from her newborn, who weighed just 443 grams (less than a pound) and required immediate placement in an incubator at CIMBA to stabilize his temperature and safeguard his health, Reynoso Ruiz said. —ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026 Those supplements have weighed much more heavily towards transportation initiatives. —State House News Service, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026 At a center for malnourished children in the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, health staff weighed crying babies and fed some through a tube in their nose. —Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026 This is the third time this allegation will be weighed by a jury. —Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 The calf weighed approximately 308 pounds at birth, a healthy size for an Asian elephant newborn. —Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026 Australian business confidence in March dropped, weighed by concerns over the Iran war that had led to a global oil shock, according to a survey from National Australia Bank, Reuters reported. —Justina Lee, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026 In the Greater San Diego fair, Olivia Liu from La Jolla Country Day School weighed the effectiveness of soap and alcohol in achieving healthy skin in the category of microbiology. —Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weighed
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Nussmeier considered entering last year’s draft but returned to LSU and had a nightmare season that ended with a November abdominal injury.— Zac Jackson, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
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Credit scores, which impact people's ability and costs to borrow, typically range from 300 to 850, with around 670 and higher considered good.— Annie Nova, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
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Improving these decisions requires multiple analyses, including reviewing past collections, identifying which attributes mattered, mapping those attributes to sell-through and comparing them to current demand signals.— Anita Beveridge-Raffo, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
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The game shouldn’t have mattered.— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
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The philosopher Biggie Smalls once pondered the nature of dangerously escalating rivalries.— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
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Standing alone in a Swedish laundromat, Alfie Whiteman set a 10-second timer on his camera and pondered what to do next.— Ben Church, CNN Money, 16 Apr. 2026
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The space agency arguably took a smart, calculated risk, though some experts vocally criticized the decision to fly.— Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 15 Apr. 2026
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This was a calculated attempt to terrorize people because of their faith.— Christa Swanson, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
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Parker Posey isn’t meant to live an uncomfortable life.— Michael Schneider, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
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This isn’t meant to create an issue where there isn’t one.— R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
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From the start, experts have debated whether the unusually large group of chimps would split.— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
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Overall, the reasons for the decline are still debated.— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
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None are credible challengers; Matt Conroy is the more reasoned and moderate of the three.— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
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This is a time for cool, calm and reasoned debate, and for legislators to think through the consequences of legislation put forth.— Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2026
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Zbur said future expansion would be based on its success in Santa Monica, and that such expansion is already contemplated.— Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
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As Jackson County officials contemplated what to call the state-of-the-art twin stadiums due to open in the early 1970s, one obvious name emerged.— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Weighed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/weighed. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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