WEIGHTED Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

weighted

verb

Definition of weighted

past tense of weight

as in loaded

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 weighted Multiple employees told Deadline that the photos are weighted toward award shows, red carpets and the movie and TV stars Zaslav interacted with during his tenure. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026 European Union countries committed about 92 million barrels, a promise weighted toward refined products made from crude such as diesel. — Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026 If Cruise hadn’t spent the last 15 years trying not to be that Tom Cruise, Digger wouldn’t be so weighted by expectations. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026 Recent polling suggests Nixon is a longshot to win, and Moody has the advantages of incumbency, far more money and the luxury of a state voter base heavily weighted toward Republicans. — Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026 Any interviewer with distance from Jay, or perhaps refined skills as a journalist, may have approached the tracks more directly, and some topics here feel like they’re weighted with unturned stones. — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026 Concentration risk, then, should be evaluated by considering what a portfolio is ultimately exposed to, not just how it is weighted. — Artem Milinchuk, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Votes are weighted based on population, so Charlotte’s vote holds 41% of the power. — Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026 It is made from a soft Italian cotton weighted for three-season wear. — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 14 Sep. 2026

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San Diego could have done even more damage that inning, but Manny Machado grounded out to leave the bases loaded.

— Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Ship tracking data shows that the Grace likely loaded the fuel in Panama.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

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Beyond the walls of the company’s London headquarters, which is filled with thousands of its plushy pink octopus mascots, Jackson’s empire may look like an unwieldy one.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Around the three-and-a-half-hour mark of the race, the finish-line medical tent filled.

— Vibhu Krishna, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026

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