deadweights

noun

plural of deadweight
as in burdens

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  1. burdens
  2. loads
  3. weights
  4. cargoes
  5. ballasts
  6. loadings
  7. payloads
  8. drafts
Noun
  • Data center companies say their facilities help to generate tax revenues for school districts and reduce property tax burdens for homeowners.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • Successful implementations, like ambient documentation, empower doctors by removing burdens.
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of burdens
Noun
  • Why the farmer’s walk works Walking with heavy loads recruits nearly every major muscle group, with particular activation in the core and lower body.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • Flaxseeds From lowering cholesterol to lowering the risk of certain diseases, flaxseeds come with loads of health benefits.
    — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 24 July 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • The full model weights will be released by July 27, 2026, alongside a technical report covering the model’s architecture, training process, and evaluations.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
  • Being wrong about emissions targets or model weights could cast you on the wrong side of history, in this thinking.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 July 2026
Definition of weights
Noun
  • In December, Ukraine’s Security Service said two vessels sanctioned by the US for carrying military cargoes between Iran and Russia were struck.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
  • Europe’s own energy regulators calculate that refilling before winter will require LNG imports roughly 13% higher than last year, at a moment when Asian buyers — also restocking after the Gulf disruption — are competing for the same cargoes.
    — John Kerry, semafor.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of cargoes
Noun
  • Federal officials recently launched a prize competition to reward ideas for controlling the flow of aquatic species into and out of the ballasts of boats that travel among the various lakes and waterways across the United States.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 7 May 2026
  • Other items from the ship, including the ballasts that served as counterweights for the human cargo, are remaining on display and will be returned to South Africa in two years.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of ballasts
Noun
  • Aramco ​had resumed crude oil loadings on ​Friday at its Ras Tanura terminal in the Gulf after they were halted ​for nearly four months.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 June 2026
  • As Fed chair, Greenspan relished poring over obscure economic data, from monthly boxcar loadings to steel production, all in a bid to assess where the economy was going.
    — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 22 June 2026
Definition of loadings
Noun
  • The Falcon 9 deployed all four payloads within about an hour of liftoff.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026
  • Burning Down The House Drones like Ukraine’s Fire Point FP-1 carry much smaller payloads than missiles or warplanes.
    — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of payloads
Noun
  • Guerendo tore a pec in the spring and faces an uphill battle to make the team after San Francisco invested in Jordan James and Kaelon Black in the last two drafts to back up Christian McCaffrey.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
  • Neptune in your 5th House of Creativity sextiles Pluto in your 3rd House of Communication, helping imagination turn into words, pitches, drafts, or meaningful conversations.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2026
Definition of drafts
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