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Recent Examples of tonnage
But that’s only because passenger ships and commercial vessels above a certain tonnage operating on international routes are legally required to carry satellite transponders that continuously broadcast their identity and location.
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David Szondy
may 12, New Atlas, 12 May 2026
Greenland Mines Ltd describes the formation as hosting a significant tonnage of gold, palladium, platinum, vanadium, and gallium.
—Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
Greenland Mines Ltd describes the formation as hosting a significant tonnage of gold, palladium, platinum, vanadium, and gallium.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
The county is currently reviewing thousands of public comments on the environmental impact report, which analyzes the impact of the tonnage increase, said Supervisor Katrina Foley, whose district includes the landfill.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
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David Szondy
may 12, New Atlas, 12 May 2026
Greenland Mines Ltd describes the formation as hosting a significant tonnage of gold, palladium, platinum, vanadium, and gallium.
—Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
Greenland Mines Ltd describes the formation as hosting a significant tonnage of gold, palladium, platinum, vanadium, and gallium.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
The county is currently reviewing thousands of public comments on the environmental impact report, which analyzes the impact of the tonnage increase, said Supervisor Katrina Foley, whose district includes the landfill.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
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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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Their investigations have identified more than 15,000 online accounts on popular online platforms, and more than 1,500 people linked to violence as a service crimes — the overwhelming bulk of which are suspects and their various associates.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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The traditional approach to ESG reporting tended to involve buying carbon offsets in bulk, taking a supplier's ethical sourcing spreadsheet at face value, or reviewing documentation months after the activity in question had already happened.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes.com,
12 June 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
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Additionally, the central bank said the total deadweight tonnage of all vessels departing from or arriving at Canadian ports fell from 167 million metric tons in 2016 to 119 million metric tons in 2023, a decline of 28 percent of maritime trade capacity.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
21 May 2026
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“Tonnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tonnage. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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