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Recent Examples of outbalance
However, all these gains were outbalanced by Chinese carbon emissions, which rose from about 1 billion to about 3 billion metric tons—enough to increase the worldwide total by nearly 45 percent, to 10.1 billion metric tons.
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IEEE Spectrum, 19 Sep. 2019
The tragedy of the deaths of the poet Christopher Okigbo and the photojournalist Priya Ramrakha is outbalanced by the longevity of their words and pictures.
—The New York Review of Books, 30 May 2019
Some of these aren't the most gifted of thespians, but any such shortcomings are easily outbalanced by the bulky figure of Valmir do Coco who effortlessly dominates the ensemble as working schlub Tiao.
—Neil Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2018
IEEE Spectrum, 19 Sep. 2019
The tragedy of the deaths of the poet Christopher Okigbo and the photojournalist Priya Ramrakha is outbalanced by the longevity of their words and pictures.
—The New York Review of Books, 30 May 2019
Some of these aren't the most gifted of thespians, but any such shortcomings are easily outbalanced by the bulky figure of Valmir do Coco who effortlessly dominates the ensemble as working schlub Tiao.
—Neil Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outbalance
outweigh
Verb
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The rewards seem to outweigh the risks, but no one is entirely sure.—
Sumeet Vaidya,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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For major appliances like washing machines, improvements in energy and water efficiency may eventually outweigh the benefits of keeping older models running.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Apr. 2026
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