as in nobodies
a person of no importance or influence
among astronomers she's considered a lightweight
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Recent Examples of lightweights
Hughes is one of the world's top lightweights in MMA, the sport where McGregor built his following and name.
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Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lightweights
Noun
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Where else could award winning writers pop off about nothing at all, and nobodies could rattle the ivory towers?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Nov. 2025
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Professional athletes, however, aren’t nobodies.—
Joe Kozlowski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Blind Owl is extremely dense, brimming with metaphors and ciphers and symbols.—
Amir Ahmadi Arian,
The Dial,
15 Jan. 2026
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Like Dostoyevsky, Capote doesn’t portray his killers as demonic ciphers, instead capturing their messy complexity.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The ditch that’s up to 19 feet deep dwarfs the heavy machinery inside of it.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
26 Jan. 2026
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Plus Brock and Sindri, the gear upgrade dwarves.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Researchers closely studied how thrips respond to temperature, simulating cold and heat exposures to see how long the insects could survive.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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Elephants regularly take dust baths to rid their hides of insects and irritation.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Lightweights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightweights. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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