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tonnage

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as in poundage

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Recent Examples of tonnage The Port of Baltimore is ranked 10th nationally for foreign cargo trade and 11th for total cargo tonnage. — Cbs Baltimore Staff, CBS News, 23 June 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 Down in the pit, on a raw October night in 1966, one of the giant haulers was unloading its tonnage when the pistons of its dump bed seized up. — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 The legislation also put a heavier burden on carriers to prove their compliance by requiring them to report more detailed information on import and export tonnage. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 May 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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Grier, however, retired a few days before training camp and later was hired to be an offensive assistant coach for the Dallas Cowboys, where Grier spent a bulk of his NFL career.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 8 Aug. 2026
The airy design is easy to toss in the washing machine and instantly refreshes your bed without adding bulk.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2026

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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
As if moving his muscular deadweight weren’t a task itself for the two girls, there’s a point where Jinx falls onto Margo and pins her underwater in the tub.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 13 May 2026

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