carry weight

Frequency: 7.29.7 per million words

to be influential or important

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Examples (10)

  • His words always carry significant weight in the board meetings.
  • Does your recommendation carry enough weight to influence the decision?
  • The new scientific evidence began to carry considerable weight among researchers.
  • In this organization, experience tends to carry more weight than academic qualifications.
  • Despite his junior position, his innovative ideas often carry unexpected weight.
  • A strong reputation can carry a lot of weight when seeking new clients.
  • The judge's ruling will certainly carry legal weight for all future cases.
  • Her long-standing service to the community made her opinions carry moral weight.
  • He hoped his argument would carry sufficient weight to persuade the committee.
  • Unfortunately, the public's concerns didn't carry much weight with the local council.