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The bomb: a well-weighed proposal that the U.S. combine Army, Navy and air forces into a single, unified Department of War.

From Time Magazine Archive

His words were well-weighed, and his manner was earnest and impressive.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 by Various

His calm and well-weighed expressions, naturally set in clear, concise, and lucid phrase, had all the precision of one who has been used to careful selection in clothing his thoughts for writing or dictation.

From Raphael Pages of the Book of Life at Twenty by Lamartine, Alphonse de

Our imagination is roused and our deepest soul stirred by the mention of such names without any palpable accompaniment of logical analysis, without any well-weighed or rational justification.

From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by Powys, John Cowper

From the time Mr. Rimmon had found his flattery and patience rewarded, the pulpit from which Dr. Little had for years delivered a well-weighed, if a somewhat dry, spiritual pabulum had changed.

From Gordon Keith by Page, Thomas Nelson