deadweights

Definition of deadweightsnext
plural of deadweight

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Noun
  • Their new accreditor would emphasize student outcomes, reduce administrative burdens and avoid diversity, equity and inclusion requirements adopted by some existing agencies.
    Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Their budget also would boost education aid to cities and towns by $365 million per year, which would ease burdens on local property taxpayers to support their schools.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • As trucks roared up the landfill and dumped fresh loads of trash, adults and children alike rushed forward, gathering beneath cascading avalanches of waste to grab anything of value.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The 37-year-old is aging like fine wine, averaging nearly 26 points per game for the Houston Rockets while shouldering one of the heaviest minutes loads in the league.
    Joe Vardon, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • From my tried-and-true tactics (getting 10,000 daily steps, running, doing Pilates, not snacking after dinner) to emerging advice (lifting heavier weights, eating all the protein), each fresh burst of motivation only leaves me more deflated.
    Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 16 Apr. 2026
  • In March, shortly after the Da Nang landing, an Assistant Secretary of Defense, John McNaughton, wrote a memo assigning relative weights to American objectives in Vietnam.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Ships are not allowed to pass if they or their cargoes are linked to hostile nations, according to the Tasnim report.
    Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Around 187 tankers carrying roughly 170 million barrels of crude are stranded inside the Gulf, which will take more than two weeks to clear at the current, post-ceasefire pace, and there are few signs of empty tankers entering the region to load fresh cargoes.
    Amena Bakr, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Mar. 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
Noun
  • The attack happened just as Ust-Luga resumed crude loadings over weekend after days of disruptions amid attacks in the region.
    Bloomberg News, Bloomberg, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Across multiple designs and operating conditions, CNTF heaters consistently achieved higher specific power loadings than comparable metal-alloy elements.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • On board is a micro rover built by ispace called Tenacious as well as several commercial payloads.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Moonshot, which emerged from stealth mode in December with $12 million in fundraising, is developing a high-power electromagnetic launcher system to propel payloads and enable cargo deliveries into space at hypersonic speed using electricity rather than chemical fuels, The Times of Israel reports.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Both Downs’ father (Gary) and brother (Josh) were drafted in the third round of their respective drafts.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Fans have the same knowledge given the world of social media and how reports, mock drafts and expert analysis shape their understanding of how front offices think during this exciting time of the football season.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Deadweights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadweights. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.

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