1
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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3
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
Jakob Roze, Health, 8 Sep. 2025
The classes themselves, with their elegant movements and light weights, are descendants of those acceptable feminine exercises of yore — think of the long tennis skirt swapped for leggings and a cute sports bra.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
At five months old, calves are usually 10 times their birth weights.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
And the second reason why the crust might have slumped is that when Becca put in the weights to blind bake the crust, maybe the pie weights didn't go all the way to the top.
—Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
To increase your heart rate, make a fist and pump your arms or grip hand weights.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
There’s no spa, for example, but a compact gym covers cardio and weights.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Each couple will be harnessed to a platform and tethered to weights.
—Kristen Baldwin September 2, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Tencent published the model weights on Hugging Face and included code that works with both single and multi-GPU setups.
—ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
With the weights positioned in front of you together, bring your arms out to the side towards the ceiling.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 8 Sep. 2025
The classes themselves, with their elegant movements and light weights, are descendants of those acceptable feminine exercises of yore — think of the long tennis skirt swapped for leggings and a cute sports bra.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
At five months old, calves are usually 10 times their birth weights.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
And the second reason why the crust might have slumped is that when Becca put in the weights to blind bake the crust, maybe the pie weights didn't go all the way to the top.
—Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
To increase your heart rate, make a fist and pump your arms or grip hand weights.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
There’s no spa, for example, but a compact gym covers cardio and weights.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Each couple will be harnessed to a platform and tethered to weights.
—Kristen Baldwin September 2, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Tencent published the model weights on Hugging Face and included code that works with both single and multi-GPU setups.
—ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weights
Noun
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The impact will likely be uneven, with benefits and burdens distributed differently across regions and roles.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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Financial services firms juggle unique regulatory burdens, customer expectations and reputational risk.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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During the daytime, streams of people would be brought to hospitals with blast wounds, with explosive fragments having ricocheted through their bodies, Ali said.—
Brendan Rascius,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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When the smoke settles (quite literally) and people return, their bodies suffer the consequences, and our hospitals have the evidence.—
Lahari Vuppaladhadiam,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This roster runs particularly deep, from the boogie-woogie blues (Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters) to the bar rock scene (Smashing Pumpkins, Fall Out Boy) and the extensive hip-hop multiverse (where both gospel and drill influences abound).—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Goodman’s novel is a tribute to her influences, and a crackling joy to read.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And don't forget the mini space rover that loads into the cargo pod.—
John Mihaly,
PC Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
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Garfield loads Hank with chummy physicality.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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However, the current crop of general-purpose humanoids tends to target moderate loads, similar to an average person, because higher payloads complicate balance and actuator sizing.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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SpaceDOTS has developed sensing payloads that can be placed on satellites to capture this data directly.—
Lisa Falco,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Prince Edward County is delightfully bikable and walkable, especially along the Millennium Trail and town cores.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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These new chips include eight cores, 16 threads, and 24MB of cache, amounting to a 30W maximum TDP.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Discovery over notification leverages comprehensive analytics to actively identify anomalies rather than waiting for user reports.—
Akhilesh Tripathi,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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FashFind leverages computer vision paired with machine learning algorithms to identify the unique attributes submitted products have—whether that’s color, fabric type, patterns, silhouette, length or otherwise.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Aug. 2025
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The 15 cargoes of oil, each typically ranging from 700,000 to 1 million barrels, will be loaded from Russia’s Arctic and Black Sea ports – supplies that usually go to India instead of China, given its distance, Xu said.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
20 Aug. 2025
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Since the reduction of Russian gas supplies to Europe, many nations have turned to LNG imports to fill the gap, creating intense competition for available cargoes.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Weights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weights. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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