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Recent Examples of tonnage
These buying executives indicate that advertisers are certainly interested in Netflix’ progress in selling advertising, but note that the company has probably had more success in striking sponsorship deals of individual titles rather than selling sheer tonnage of its inventory.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
For October, tonnage per day declined 7 percent.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Nov. 2025
China accounts for about 50% of global shipbuilding output by number (and even more by tonnage), with South Korea at around 30% and Japan at about 10–17%.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
Those rail networks also enable Alliance to move roughly half of Texas’s freight tonnage, according to the report.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Oct. 2025
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
For October, tonnage per day declined 7 percent.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Nov. 2025
China accounts for about 50% of global shipbuilding output by number (and even more by tonnage), with South Korea at around 30% and Japan at about 10–17%.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
Those rail networks also enable Alliance to move roughly half of Texas’s freight tonnage, according to the report.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tonnage
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The challenge is the weight, door-makers say: making sure that all that poundage is evenly distributed and that the door doesn’t end up leaning over time.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
19 Nov. 2025
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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
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Designed for year-round comfort, the reversible bedspread delivers cozy warmth without overheating or bulk.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Jan. 2026
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Unterminated speaker cables come in bulk and have no default terminations within the wire itself but are cut by the user to their preferred length.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Chinese shipyards accounted for 65% of global shipbuilding orders by deadweight tonnage during the first nine months of 2025, down from about 75% a year earlier, according to data from shipping services firm Clarksons cited by the South China Morning Post.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Dec. 2025
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The university that once promised to buoy scientific aspirations now feels like a deadweight.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Tonnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tonnage. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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