weigh
verb (used with object)
to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device.
has weighed
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present perfectof weigh (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“The recent escalation in attacks has weighed on oil flows from the Persian Gulf,” ANZ Research analysts say in a research report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The company is also investing heavily outside Japan where a shrinking population has weighed on alcohol sales.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
It’s during a monologue in the seventh episode that we learn what haunts Wyck most: the guilt of causing his childhood friend’s drowning, which has weighed on him ever since.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
It’s about finding material ways to pay down that debt, and also about recognizing how much the debt has weighed us down – all of us, white and black and brown and all other shades.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2014
My heart slowly freezes in the frost of sadness that has weighed me down the past few weeks.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
