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as in burdens
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported
those books are a heavy weight to have to carry around all day
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2
as in emphases
a special notice or importance given to something
put extra weight on the matter by putting it at the top of the agenda
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as in bodies
the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts
the weight of the evidence supports my conclusion
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as in influences
the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly
as a critic he has great weight in the theater world
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as in loads
to place a weight or burden on
weighted the car with a ton of furniture and then headed off for college
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Recent Examples of weights
Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
The shirt stretched naturally with every movement, even while lugging around 35-pound weights in the pool during underwater training sessions.
—Joe Jackson, Outside, 16 Mar. 2026
Choose Two Coverings Confirm your and your partner’s sleeping preferences, then buy the right comforter, duvet, or blanket (even if that means different weights or fabrics).
—Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2026
The key is to try similar patterns in different visual weights; here, an ultra-slim pinstripe pant softens the jacket’s medium-width, diagonal stripe details.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
Economists said the tame core CPI readings were unlikely to translate into moderate core PCE inflation gains in February because of different weights and unexpected strength in services prices in the January Producer Price Index report.
—Reuters
wire Service, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
So pushing with my back foot, all my weights on my front foot.
—Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2026
Wardens then performed an autopsy on the fish and found three weights in its stomach, the report states, that showed no signs of erosion.
—Cbs Texas Staff, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Staff contacted the wardens, who conducted a necropsy and found three weights in the fish’s stomach.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2026
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
Lockheed Martin weights free cash flow at 40% in determining annual cash bonuses for top executives, and at 25% for annual long-term incentives.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
The report weights the average price based on the volume of cheeseburger meals sold at each restaurant in order to better measure what customers are actually buying, Lachs said.
—Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Pappalardo, described by police as a White with brown hair and green eyes who weights about 150 lbs.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Eligible users can download the model weights on Hugging Face, OpenAI said.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
The mechanisms that enable replication—the model weights themselves, the precise optimization subroutines, the engineering tricks that enhance model capabilities—deserve tight custody.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
The Orange County Football Conference weights this season’s results at 65 percent and 2024 at 35 percent.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
This weights each category equally.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
Foligno didn’t hide that some weights had been lifted off his shoulders being in an older room.
—Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
The shirt stretched naturally with every movement, even while lugging around 35-pound weights in the pool during underwater training sessions.
—Joe Jackson, Outside, 16 Mar. 2026
Choose Two Coverings Confirm your and your partner’s sleeping preferences, then buy the right comforter, duvet, or blanket (even if that means different weights or fabrics).
—Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2026
The key is to try similar patterns in different visual weights; here, an ultra-slim pinstripe pant softens the jacket’s medium-width, diagonal stripe details.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
Economists said the tame core CPI readings were unlikely to translate into moderate core PCE inflation gains in February because of different weights and unexpected strength in services prices in the January Producer Price Index report.
—Reuters
wire Service, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
So pushing with my back foot, all my weights on my front foot.
—Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2026
Wardens then performed an autopsy on the fish and found three weights in its stomach, the report states, that showed no signs of erosion.
—Cbs Texas Staff, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Staff contacted the wardens, who conducted a necropsy and found three weights in the fish’s stomach.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
Thoughtful details are everywhere, like little boxes of orange and pecan or fig and balsamic truffles from the in-house chocolate boutique, Technogym weights for in-room workouts, and Devialet speakers in the living room.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2026
Lockheed Martin weights free cash flow at 40% in determining annual cash bonuses for top executives, and at 25% for annual long-term incentives.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
The report weights the average price based on the volume of cheeseburger meals sold at each restaurant in order to better measure what customers are actually buying, Lachs said.
—Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Pappalardo, described by police as a White with brown hair and green eyes who weights about 150 lbs.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Eligible users can download the model weights on Hugging Face, OpenAI said.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2025
The mechanisms that enable replication—the model weights themselves, the precise optimization subroutines, the engineering tricks that enhance model capabilities—deserve tight custody.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
The Orange County Football Conference weights this season’s results at 65 percent and 2024 at 35 percent.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
This weights each category equally.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weights
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Still, state-by-state variations in debt collectors’ business strategy, the composition of household debt and weaker regulations on predatory loans could play into Texas’ high debt collection burdens, McClendon said.—
William Tong,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Those moments can evolve into big picture conversations about how to share the burdens of care more equitably.—
Elissa Strauss,
CNN Money,
18 Mar. 2026
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With his dweeby air, pretensions and position at the helm of an active production, Arthur is the Liz Lemon of this setup, but with the emphases reversed.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2026
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Congressional committees have pushed back, proposing funding at current levels (albeit with different allocations and emphases).—
David A. Brenner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Dec. 2025
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The data will be shared with regulators like the Federal Aviation Administration and international bodies to help shape future supersonic flight rules.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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According to Dayan, Gnoli’s beds were a key inspiration for Maurizio Cattelan’s All (2007), composed of nine marble sculptures that resemble dead bodies covered by sheets.—
Stephanie Sporn,
Vogue,
21 Mar. 2026
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Instead, and perhaps fittingly, Coppola takes a page from Jacobs’s own book, and strings together a gauzy assortment of references and influences—presented through clips, photographs, and interviews—that have made up Jacobs’s artistic blueprint over the years.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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And in Book Two, there are a lot of other classic fantasy influences there as well.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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While trees — oak, birch, maple — dominate early spring, grass pollen often overlaps in late spring from May to June, leading to higher, more intense allergy loads for sufferers.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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Now, five courts — whose case loads range from several hundred to over 40,000 — have just one permanent judge.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
23 Feb. 2026
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As of October 2026, the payloads are Astrolab’s FLIP (FLEX Lunar Innovation Platform) rover, Astrobotic’s own CubeRover, and several additional payloads to the moon.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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The booster used to put payloads into orbit can be married onto a medium-range missile to create intercontinental range capabilities.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
21 Mar. 2026
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This is compounded by what researchers describe as the invisible web of psychosocial, physical, and disease-related stresses that women disproportionately carry.—
Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Mar. 2026
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But what it's meant to do is basically alleviate the stresses of city driving.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
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In a gas-dwarf scenario, planets are believed to form rock cores that accrete a small percentage of hydrogen-helium during the formation process.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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These are signs of human and natural activity that made it into the atmosphere and were stored in ice cores.—
Nidhi Sharma,
Popular Science,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Weights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weights. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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