deadweights

noun

plural of deadweight
as in burdens

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deadweights
  1. burdens
  2. loads
  3. weights
  4. cargoes
  5. ballasts
  6. loadings
  7. payloads
  8. drafts
Noun
  • The daily burdens and stress of the school year lift, the days grow longer and sunnier, and in Maryland, the ubiquitous snowball stands reopen for the season.
    — Ellie Mitchell, Washington Post, 17 July 2026
  • The privilege must be earned, and significant burdens must be accepted.
    — Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Fortune, 17 July 2026
Definition of burdens
Noun
  • Engineering experts said the conversion project is complex and poses many challenges, which include making sure older buildings can safely support new loads and carving up office floors to accommodate residential living.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
  • More crucially, Illinois’ grid is well-equipped to deliver the large electrical loads needed to process AI and other data.
    — Scott Cohn, CNBC, 9 July 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • Crafted from 22 momme mulberry silk, which is thicker and blocks out more light than lighter silk weights while remaining softer and less dense than heavier options, this mask is ideal for sensitive skin.
    — Morgan Ashley Parker, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2026
  • When Wilson works out with weights, those were also chosen in collaboration with the actor, which is in keeping with McCall’s philosophy that the actors should feel like their surroundings are extensions of the characters.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 10 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
  • The rocket performed as planned, sticking to a nominal trajectory and deploying the payloads right on schedule.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 18 July 2026
  • The video shows these drones flying into the Russian positions and detonating their payloads during the assault.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of payloads
Noun
  • In recent drafts, the Royals have favored high-school athletes.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2026
  • That said, Rose, who has homes from here to the mid-20s, does a lot of the stuff the Dodgers targeted in their drafts while Byrnes was there.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 9 July 2026
Definition of drafts
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