as in nobodies
a person of no importance or influence
among astronomers she's considered a lightweight
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Recent Examples of lightweights
The card will also feature several other San Diego-area boxers, including super lightweights Daniel Morales (8-0, 5 KOs) and Angel Juan Estrada (12-1-1, 9 KOs).
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Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Hughes is one of the world's top lightweights in MMA, the sport where McGregor built his following and name.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Hughes is one of the world's top lightweights in MMA, the sport where McGregor built his following and name.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lightweights
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Seattle’s John Schneider and New England’s Eliot Wolf rose up from young nobodies to graduate from Green Bay Packers University, too.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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Where else could award winning writers pop off about nothing at all, and nobodies could rattle the ivory towers?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Nov. 2025
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Consider a dashboard that shows applications, including keys and libraries; network traffic protocols and ciphers; hardware, such as HSMs and TPMs; and third-party dependencies, including cryptographic or software bills of materials.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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As zonky cross-generational ciphers go, the group’s debut, Strictly 4 the Scythe, is no Hypnotize Camp Posse, the amalgam of Three 6 Mafia and a grip of artists signed to their Hypnotize Minds label in the early 2000s.—
Dylan Green,
Pitchfork,
12 Mar. 2026
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Writer Steve Phillips’ investments in the race dwarfs spending by any other single donor.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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Mini dwarfs are small-scale race cars with a maximum speed of 34 mph.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2026
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The humble insects, which have jagged wings and fuzzy, thick legs, migrate every year from the Sierra Nevada to warmer coastal areas in winter, laying eggs which grow into caterpillars and eventually new butterflies.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
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Yet several other experiments conducted on fruit flies in low-Earth orbit suggested the insects’ larvae had a higher death rate in that environment than on Earth.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
26 May 2026
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“Lightweights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightweights. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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