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as in weight
the amount that something weighs the coach limited his recruiting to linebackers of a certain avoirdupois

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as in ponderousness
the state or quality of being heavy told his patient that he had to do something about his unhealthy avoirdupois and that exercising would be a good start

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Recent Examples of avoirdupois There are a few mildly funny moments, such as Garfield suddenly finding out he’s been wearing a collar and tag the whole time, hidden under his furry avoirdupois. Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 To make the most of the full fury of its hot-cam performance, the Integra was trimmed of 140 pounds of not-so-necessary avoirdupois. Barry Winfield, Car and Driver, 21 May 2020 McCormick was a member of the Jolly Fat Men’s Club, a fraternal group that celebrated avoirdupois. John Kelly, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2017
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  • The authors noted that the risk of low birth weight following prenatal exposure to arsenic was higher among White, Black and Hispanic/Latino birthing parents.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
  • Samsung Won’t Stop With The Galaxy Z Fold 7 The trade-off for the S25 Edge shedding all of that weight is battery life.
    Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
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  • Beer league teams across North America buy the Bulldogs jersey in bulk.
    Michelle Bruton, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • The court documents don't indicate that any rare books were destroyed in this process—Anthropic purchased its books in bulk from major retailers—but archivists long ago established other ways to extract information from paper.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 25 June 2025

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“Avoirdupois.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avoirdupois. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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