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tonnage

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as in poundage

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Recent Examples of tonnage Before the war, more than 80% of Iran’s trade tonnage transited by sea via southern ports, but that’s been closed off. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026 Under the state system, local governments make salt tonnage requests for individual salt storage domes. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026 While not all about numbers, the next biggest navy, the US Navy, still wins out in terms of tonnage and capability. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026 Both by value and tonnage, frozen beef imports are at record levels. — Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tonnage

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And we were limited by a poundage, and days at sea, and all these different mechanisms used to constrain the fishery.

— Dan Morrison, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
The topic of weight becomes a thread through the entire episode, from a carnival barker who specializes in guessing a guest's poundage to Larry not being able to fly home because of a heavy souvenir (coffee beans for his new business venture).

— Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Oct. 2025

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By upgrading synthetic skin from a passive sensor into an energy harvester, the Fudan team offers a clever alternative to deadweight batteries.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026
QuantCube’s indicator measures the volume of deadweight tonnage leaving Iraqi and UAE ports, which provides an estimate of the cargo weight the ships are carrying.

— Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 9 June 2026

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