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Recent Examples of deadweight
Thus, Ockham's razor cuts loose the deadweight of the theory, leaving it with only the necessary pieces of explanation.
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Julius Černiauskas, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
So, in certain industries, the risk of outsourcing may well outweigh the deadweight loss resulting from tariffs or any other form of free trade barriers.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 4 June 2025
Losing that 200 pounds of deadweight freed me up to focus on advancing my career.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025
Losing that 200 pounds of deadweight has freed me up to focus on advancing my career.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
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Julius Černiauskas, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
So, in certain industries, the risk of outsourcing may well outweigh the deadweight loss resulting from tariffs or any other form of free trade barriers.
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 4 June 2025
Losing that 200 pounds of deadweight freed me up to focus on advancing my career.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025
Losing that 200 pounds of deadweight has freed me up to focus on advancing my career.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deadweight
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Designed, tested, and deployed for the electronic warfare battlefield, V-BAT delivers ISR and targeting at significantly lower cost and logistical burden than larger Group 4 and 5 drones.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Feb. 2026
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The housing cost burden falls more heavily on renters than owners.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2026
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This is the third flight of the cargo Dragon that will be outfitted with reboost capacity for the International Space Station for the first time.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
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Certain brands offer pants in a range of sizes, like Yogipace's on-the-go pants and Baleaf's cargo joggers.—
Nicole Pyles,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Jan. 2026
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The projects will include replacing and upgrading railroad tracks, track infrastructure like ballast and rail ties and maintaining rolling stock.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
29 Jan. 2026
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In addition to underwater hull preservation work, the company’s Southern California shipyard also will recondition the ship’s superstructure, interior fuel and ballast tanks, and refurbish crew living spaces.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Jan. 2026
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Looking ahead to 2026, both Union Pacific and CSX are guiding to a year defined more by execution and cost discipline than by a meaningful freight rebound.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
29 Jan. 2026
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Construction began the same year, with early phases focused on freight operations.—
Keith J Fernandez,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Jan. 2026
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Guo says the approach can be scaled up to much larger sizes suitable for load-bearing platforms.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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There are loads of cool details hidden throughout the set, too, with refuelling pipes and a moving bridge that connects the tower to the Orion module.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Thousands of protesters met in front of City Hall in the afternoon, before many marched to the federal detention center, where a mob of violent agitators swarmed the area, pushing a large construction dumpster and blocking the entrance to the building's loading dock.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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On January 21st, an ICE vehicle pulled into the loading dock of the high school; in a video of the incident, taken from a classroom window, students can be overheard in a hubbub of jeering, incredulity, and fear.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2026
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These assets include 10 advanced warships and dozens of fighter jets capable of flying at twice the speed of sound to deliver 20,000-pound payloads.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
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SpaceX additionally benefits from billions of dollars in contracts from NASA and the Department of Defense by providing launch services for classified satellites and other payloads.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The 24-time major winner improved his win-loss record to 102-10 at the Australian Open, equaling Roger Federer’s career haul for the most-ever match wins at the season’s first major.—
John Pye,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Jan. 2026
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The airline is expanding its fleet because of rising demand for long-haul travel, the two companies said.—
Preeti Jha,
semafor.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Deadweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadweight. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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