flyweights

Definition of flyweightsnext
plural of flyweight

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Noun
  • Even engineering heavyweights and frontier labs are losing ground as users are demanding more than hyperscalers are prepared to deliver—a tension that’s reached a boiling point as teams like OpenAI race to ship both breakthrough capabilities and unprecedented uncertainty at the same time.
    Sumeet Vaidya, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Now, those two heavyweights are set to duke it out on Saturday night with a trip to the national championship game on the line.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In the lightweights, Cash McClurg (108 pounds) and Emilio Escobar (120) won titles, the latter winning 21-5 for a technical fall.
    Breven Honda, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Hughes is one of the world's top lightweights in MMA, the sport where McGregor built his following and name.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Flyweights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flyweights. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.

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