How to Use tip the scales in a Sentence

tip the scales

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  • Only in dense urban areas would that likely be enough to tip the scales.
    — Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • The hard-top version tips the scales at just 2,789 pounds, giving it the best power-to-weight ratio in the series.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 July 2026
  • But these distressed firm are also much smaller operations, where a shift in consumer spending could tip the scales in the wrong direction.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
  • Other groups working on rangeland management say the regulations go too far in the opposite direction, tipping the scales toward ranchers.
    — Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 7 July 2026
  • The extreme power users definitely tipped the scales, as just two percent of them in the fiction category were responsible for more than 80 percent of the conversations.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 8 July 2026
  • Hagee also said a single THC vape cartridge or a small tin of gummies can often tip the scales into felony territory in Texas, even if the same product was legal where it was purchased.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
  • When a mysterious European ship was found marooned in a nearby village, its English pilot John Blackthorne (Jarvis) shared vital strategic secrets with Toranaga that tipped the scales of power in his favor to win a century-defining civil war.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Perhaps the biggest satellite riding the Falcon 9 on Tuesday was CAS500-4, a South Korean Earth-observation craft that tips the scales at about 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms).
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 July 2026

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