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Managers overweighted both investment-grade corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities in credit and underweighted Japanese government bonds, expecting that the Bank of Japan would raise rates.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

“The dealers’ survey is overweighted to the larger galleries,” said Servais in an interview.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2022

Maybe they overweighted cost of living, climate and activities too much.

From Forbes • Sep. 5, 2014

Then there is his character, a relentlessly lively presence in a team otherwise overweighted towards introspection.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2013

Since the canoe is as round-bottomed as the trunk from which it was carved, the least imbalance in weight distribution tips the canoe toward the overweighted side.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond