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Recent Examples of deadweight
Losing that 200 pounds of deadweight has freed me up to focus on advancing my career.
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R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
This misallocation of resources results in productive inefficiency and a deadweight loss — a reduction in overall economic welfare that benefits neither producers nor consumers.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Ship capacity transiting through the Panama Canal was 10 percent lower between September 2024 and January 2025 than the 2019-22 average, measured in deadweight tonnage, according to the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO).
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 Feb. 2025
What deadweight is holding you back?
—USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
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R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
This misallocation of resources results in productive inefficiency and a deadweight loss — a reduction in overall economic welfare that benefits neither producers nor consumers.
—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Ship capacity transiting through the Panama Canal was 10 percent lower between September 2024 and January 2025 than the 2019-22 average, measured in deadweight tonnage, according to the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO).
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 Feb. 2025
What deadweight is holding you back?
—USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deadweight
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Managers are juggling the dual burden of pressure from superiors and the well-being of their teams amid return-to-office mandates, massive layoffs, tariff threats and economic uncertainty.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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Shifting financial burdens to states is a general theme of the document, an approach that will ultimately hit the poorest states hardest, even though these had very high percentages of Trump voters.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2025
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Cathay Pacific has been flying cargo flights to Dallas for more than 20 years, but April marks its first passenger flight ever to the city.—
Taylor McIntyre,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Apr. 2025
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Six were killed in March 2024 when Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was destroyed when it was struck by a cargo ship.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2025
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State officials say the mussels can hide in ballast tanks, live wells, and engine systems, surviving long trips and posing risks to even remote mountain lakes.—
Daniel Hunt,
Sacbee.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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The maritime archaeologist identified shell impact holes in the upper starboard of the hull’s ballast tank and significant battle damage to the base of the submarine’s conning tower.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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Vince indicated that the increase in the gross margin rate was primarily driven by about 320 basis points due to lower promotional activity in the direct-to-consumer segment and lower discounting, and about 210 basis points related to lower product and freight costs.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
2 May 2025
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This has caused a current drop in air freight demand as companies figure out their tariff strategy.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
1 May 2025
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Because she is paid per load, Helen’s income does not meet the minimum wage when there are too few jobs available.—
Caroline Petrow-Cohen,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025
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Alongside the rest of Toronto’s rotation depth, Turnbull and Ureña should help ease the load at the top of the Blue Jays’ rotation.—
Will Sammon,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Regarding color, the Switch 2's screen is an upgrade from the original Switch's LCD; the red in the loading screen appeared well-saturated in our time with the handheld.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
23 Apr. 2025
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Supplementing with 3-5 grams of creatine per day for at least four weeks is just as effective as taking loading doses and is associated with fewer side effects.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
21 Apr. 2025
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In the first five minutes of the flight, the Atlas V jettisoned its five boosters, payload fairing, and kerosene-fueled first stage.—
Alex Goy,
ArsTechnica,
29 Apr. 2025
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Their mission will include extravehicular activities, or spacewalks, and outreach events, as well as conducting a range of science experiments and installing and retrieving science payloads outside Tiangong.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Leeds’ 100-point haul is the highest tally for a single season in the history of the club.—
Leon Imber,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Still, this week’s haul makes the Nigerian-American star only the second act with multiple weeks of 15 or more entries.—
Trevor Anderson,
Billboard,
1 May 2025
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“Deadweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadweight. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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