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Synonyms

weigh on

Idioms  

  1. Also, weigh upon. Depress, as in His criticism weighed on her, or The long silence began to weigh upon us. This idiom was first recorded in 1775.

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Higher inflation in Germany would hit consumer spending, the institutes said, weighing on an already weak economy that has barely grown since a burst of pent-up demand after the Covid pandemic in 2022.

From Barron's

That association is one thing weighing on bank stocks, which have underperformed the broader market.

From The Wall Street Journal

Last-day gains didn’t stop the S&P 500 from tallying its worst first quarter since 2022 as the Iran conflict, private-credit worries and the AI ‘scare trade’ weighed on stocks in March.

From The Wall Street Journal

More than macroeconomic uncertainty has weighed on shares: AppLovin is among the names that have been swept up in a broad-based, recurring selloff in software stocks.

From Barron's

Weak category demand and lower sales of chicken and burger products to restaurant customers weighed on the total volume of products sold.

From The Wall Street Journal

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