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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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That gave me strength because the work of trying to break through and communicate with my mom is really too heavy of a burden for me.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Critics also argued that certain protections, like manual comment-hiding, place the burden on teens themselves rather than preventing harm upfront.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The challenge was a very physical obstacle course involving cargo nets, wide-step bridges, digging up ladders, opening rope gates and scaling ramps.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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Some of this trade movement has also resulted in more cargo bound for East Coast ports.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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That may well be called prescience, but without more dramatic ballast, whether or not Family’s rage was ahead of its time becomes a less compelling question.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
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Wealthy individuals often view these assets as the ballast of their portfolios.—
Jaime Catmull,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The project aims to double road capacity across the Thames, ease congestion at the Dartford Crossing, and provide a direct freight route linking the South East ports, the Midlands, and the North.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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There are economic considerations including freight costs, the cargo transported and how quickly it’s needed, said Klaus Dodds, a geopolitical analyst and senior research fellow at RAND Europe, a research institute.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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This dual-purpose design requires exceptional stiffness, vibration control, and precision engineering, allowing heavy highway loads and high-speed rail traffic to share the same structure safely.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Short model has a maximum rear load of 70 kg (154 lb), which can heft groceries/gear or carry up to two kids on optional seating.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Oct. 2025
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The viewership benefits that the NFL’s front-loading has already provided can’t be overstated.—
Richard Deitsch,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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At one point, officials considered the concept of loading in gear by lifting it up and over the stadium rim.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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To get things literally rolling, Interlune announced in August that the company's payload will fly on Astrolab's FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform (FLIP) rover.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Lee also warned a North Korean intercontinental ballistic capable of delivering a nuclear payload to the United States is nearing completion.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Another influencer who weighed in on the controversy was Becca Bloom, a fashion influencer known for her frequent, eye-catching luxury hauls.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Crochet did his part — and then some This is the reason the Red Sox traded a four-player prospect haul for Crochet in December, then signed him to a long-term extension in April.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Deadweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadweight. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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