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Recent Examples of tonnage
The chart is measuring volume by tonnage.
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Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
But our tonnage, our revenues, our inputs, outputs, are pretty consistent as a total number.
—Arkansas Online, 30 Dec. 2025
There’s another reason why the tonnage of AI wildlife videos has increased so quickly.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 12 Dec. 2025
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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Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
But our tonnage, our revenues, our inputs, outputs, are pretty consistent as a total number.
—Arkansas Online, 30 Dec. 2025
There’s another reason why the tonnage of AI wildlife videos has increased so quickly.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 12 Dec. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tonnage
Noun
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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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In place of the usual ground meat, a plethora of beans steps in to provide bulk, making the soup seem just as hearty as the original.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
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Amid rising grocery costs, American shoppers are searching for inventive ways to save, like buying meat in bulk and taking on the butchery at home.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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But engineers at Nissan are looking at the battery pack as more than just deadweight to be carried around.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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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 10 Mar. 2026.
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