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
  • Efforts to revitalize Pittsburgh often focus on issues such as economic burdens, housing affordability and job growth.
    — Katelyn Frey, The Conversation, 10 July 2026
  • Financial institutions must still navigate unchanged FinCEN compliance burdens, requiring specialized tools and enhanced due diligence.
    — Peter Su, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of burdens
Noun
  • Double bag any heavy trash bags or loads that contain a lot of wet food to prevent rips and leaks.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
  • Battery systems could support those loads alongside renewable generation or other power sources.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • When lighter works better Fitness goals aside, there are plenty of people for whom heavy weights simply aren't as appropriate.
    — Jennifer Heimlich, Time, 6 July 2026
  • The formula includes eight different types of Hyaluronic acid at three different weights.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 July 2026
Definition of weights
Noun
  • While Hudson is the latest patron of the pants, Oprah Winfrey, Brittany Mahomes, Jennifer Lopez, and Jennifer Lawrence have also forgone basic bottoms in exchange for cargos at one point or another.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
  • Edison SpA, the Italian electric utility unit under French group EDF, said QatarEnergy extended a force majeure notice, withholding four additional LNG cargoes scheduled for Italy’s Adriatic LNG terminal until early September.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 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.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 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
  • In JadePuffer, Sysdig caught useful traces because the payloads were self narrating and included natural language reasoning, target ranking and unusually verbose comments.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Japan seeks to catch up with the technology Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been using for several years to cut launch costs of delivering payloads into space.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
Definition of payloads
Noun
  • Avoid Temperature Extremes Temperature swings and drafts are another major stress for ficus.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2026
  • The virus causes seizures, hallucinations, facial paralysis, fear of water (where the patient will refuse to drink), fear of air or drafts, and delirium.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
Definition of drafts
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