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deadweights

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plural of deadweight

as in burdens

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The promise of ever-lower compliance burdens, favorable labor requirements, negligible tax burdens all combined to push shippers into a race to the lowest cost.

— Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
This model has effectively shifted some of the burdens of lower-wage gig work from taxpayers to users.

— Jacob Lederman, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of burdens

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While women’s denim tends to hover closer to 10 or 11 ounces, Diamond Denim by Sapphire is seeing heavier weights like 13 ounces selling well.

— Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 3 Aug. 2026
These positions overlap on evaluations and incident reporting but diverge sharply on preemption, open weights and who gets to test, which is exactly the terrain the administration's June executive order is now navigating.

— Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of weights

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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

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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

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Its Lift drone is designed to carry payloads while keeping operating costs below competing systems.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026
Using just a Pixel 9 and a Pixel 10, Project Zero was able to exploit a bug in a Dolby Audio codec to deliver payloads to the Pixel 9.

— Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of payloads

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Often, too many cooks equals too many drafts, and the narrative fractures across all surfaces.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Sealing gaps with fresh window caulk, adding door sweeps to block drafts, and switching to LED bulbs can help lower everyday energy use.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 29, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026

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