the weak

noun

: weak people
the weak and the powerful

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Guerra authored the note highlighting the decades-high spread between the Fed funds rate and current mortgage offers, signalling the weak influence the FOMC currently has over the property market. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2025 Although on the weak side, federal forecasters still say this La Niña will be the primary driver of winter weather in the United States. Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 14 Nov. 2025 Although on the weak side, federal forecasters still say this La Niña will be the primary driver of winter weather in the United States. Doyle Rice, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025 The primal bond between parent and child was broken for the sake of an extractive and absurdly unnecessary transaction, or perhaps on behalf of an equally primal urge to punish the wayward and the weak. Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the weak

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“The weak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20weak. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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