Example Sentences

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Bungie even appears to have weighted the mode against larger maps like Disjunction, Eternity, and Vostok, so everything feels faster on the smaller maps.

From The Verge • Sep. 7, 2022

But by announcing this deal before regulators have weighted in on Comcast’s deal for Time Warner Cable, executives are expressing their vote of confidence that the deal will not get blocked.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2015

One might think all of those problems would have weighted down James' spirit, and her voice, layering it with sadness, or despair.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2012

Nations have weighted votes, with the U.S. holding almost 17 percent of the total.

From BusinessWeek • May 21, 2011

Sleep is thus a disembarrassment, the unloading of a burden wherewith we have weighted ourselves.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert