: an act or instance of weighing in as a contestant especially in sport
weighed in; weighing in; weighs in
1
: to have oneself or one's possessions (such as baggage) weighed
especially
: to have oneself weighed in connection with an athletic contest
2
: to bring one's weight or influence to bear especially as a participant, contributor, or mediator
weighed in with an opinion
Examples of weigh-in in a Sentence
Verb
self-appointed pundits immediately weighed in on the latest political scandal
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Korin Miller, SELF, 27 Mar. 2026
Tournament to investigate a bass that raised concerns during the weigh-in, according to the Texas Game Wardens.
—Cbs Texas Staff, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Descovich was back at the White House a few months later, seated alongside CEOs of Google and IBM to weigh in on artificial intelligence and education policy.
—ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The participants were asked to track their food in an app, and to have weigh-ins on a wireless scale.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 27 Mar. 2026
Tournament to investigate a bass that raised concerns during the weigh-in, according to the Texas Game Wardens.
—Cbs Texas Staff, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
The Uncollected Letters of Virginia Woolf, weighing in at a thousand pages and containing over 1,400 letters (additions to the 3,766 letters that were published in six volumes, edited by Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann, between 1975 and 1980), is arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
—Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Descovich was back at the White House a few months later, seated alongside CEOs of Google and IBM to weigh in on artificial intelligence and education policy.
—ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
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“Weigh-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weigh-in. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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