deadweights

plural of deadweight

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Noun
  • This shift reflects a growing belief that self-investment, confidence, and joy are integral to a new, healthier definition of strength, challenging the expectation to always carry the world's burdens.
    Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • American families also shoulder financial burdens that many Dutch families never face.
    Steven Delco, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Double bag any heavy trash bags or loads that contain a lot of wet food to prevent rips and leaks.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
  • Battery systems could support those loads alongside renewable generation or other power sources.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Full-body workouts can be completed at home by using your weights on both your ankles and your wrists to perform lower- and upper-body exercises.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 29 June 2026
  • Second, the sample was weighted using energy balancing, which finds weights by minimizing the energy distance — a statistical measure of the difference between two multivariate distributions — between the survey and the target population.
    New York Times, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • Edison SpA, the Italian electric utility unit under French group EDF, said QatarEnergy extended a force majeure notice, withholding four additional LNG cargoes scheduled for Italy’s Adriatic LNG terminal until early September.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 July 2026
  • Saudi Arabia, the ​world’s biggest ​oil exporter, has joined a rush to move cargoes ​after Middle East producers ​ramped ⁠up oil and gas output and exports ahead of an interim ⁠deal ​to halt the ​war between the United States and Iran.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • Federal officials recently launched a prize competition to reward ideas for controlling the flow of aquatic species into and out of the ballasts of boats that travel among the various lakes and waterways across the United States.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 7 May 2026
  • Other items from the ship, including the ballasts that served as counterweights for the human cargo, are remaining on display and will be returned to South Africa in two years.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Aramco ​had resumed crude oil loadings on ​Friday at its Ras Tanura terminal in the Gulf after they were halted ​for nearly four months.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 June 2026
  • As Fed chair, Greenspan relished poring over obscure economic data, from monthly boxcar loadings to steel production, all in a bid to assess where the economy was going.
    Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • The platform also incorporates integrated suspension and supports payloads exceeding 661 pounds (300 kilograms), while alternative differential-drive configurations are available for rough outdoor terrain.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
  • The spacecraft will also be capable of delivering heavier payloads to orbit than any other rocket in history.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Avoid Temperature Extremes Temperature swings and drafts are another major stress for ficus.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2026
  • The virus causes seizures, hallucinations, facial paralysis, fear of water (where the patient will refuse to drink), fear of air or drafts, and delirium.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
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“Deadweights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadweights. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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