weighted
Americanadjective
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having additional weight.
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burdened.
weighted with sorrow.
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adjusted or adapted to a representative value, especially in determining the value of a legislator's vote as proportionate to the population of that legislator's constituency.
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The trimmed mean and weighted median measures of underlying inflation preferred by the central bank averaged 2.05% annually compared with 2.25% in March.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
It’s why Carson Zone is at the gym every Monday and Friday, grunting into weighted hip thrusts and pushing through heavy staggered lunges.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
It is a truer gauge of the sector versus a more widely cited ETF External link, which is heavily weighted toward Amazon.com External link and Tesla.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
The weighted ratio is at its lowest levels since November 2021, but that only means it’s overbought.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
They approached slowly, as if their feet were somehow weighted, not with the lightness which should have brought them quickly to my side.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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