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Recent Examples of deadweight
That represented 68% of the vessels when measured by deadweight, and the lowest number of tankers tracked with IG club insurance, surpassing 67% uninsured recorded in July and August.
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Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024
Getting rid of deadweight and dealing with unsatisfactory situations will lighten your burden and make room for investing more time in yourself and what brings you joy.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
Taken together, if VIPER fails to fly, the agency will have spent about $800 million to send literal deadweight to the moon instead.
—Michael Greshko, Scientific American, 24 July 2024
But Iggy Azalea is deadweight on the song, with her blaccent and school-assignment-level rhymes.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
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Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024
Getting rid of deadweight and dealing with unsatisfactory situations will lighten your burden and make room for investing more time in yourself and what brings you joy.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
Taken together, if VIPER fails to fly, the agency will have spent about $800 million to send literal deadweight to the moon instead.
—Michael Greshko, Scientific American, 24 July 2024
But Iggy Azalea is deadweight on the song, with her blaccent and school-assignment-level rhymes.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deadweight
Noun
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The people in my community need help, not another unfair burden to overcome.—
Kevin English,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Mar. 2025
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Scabby, with their ever-present skin condition, is also a reminder that LGBTQ+ people have a higher burden of chronic illness than the general population.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Platforms enable companies to track shipments, reroute cargo proactively and avoid costly delays.—
Jochen Schwenk,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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The rule would first kick in for drayage trucks, which move cargo between ports and warehouses up and down the state.—
Ari Plachta,
Sacramento Bee,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Stronger ballast water regulations developed through the agency’s research have helped prevent new invasions in the Great Lakes.—
Christine Keiner,
The Conversation,
28 Feb. 2025
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Equities with consistent dividends are often thought of as a ballast during times of volatility, with the income cushioning any price drops.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
19 Feb. 2025
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The constant port congestion could be what’s keeping charter freight rates up while traditional spot and contract rates take their annual dive.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Mar. 2025
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Police say thieves have targeted trains on the BNSF Railway, the largest freight railroad in the U.S. and one with roots that go back to 1849.—
Ian Servantes for Footwear News,
Robb Report,
28 Feb. 2025
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We were given very strict safety instructions on how to walk out to the helicopter, how to enter, and who sits where to balance the load.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Mar. 2025
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The company has already been at this for a while and has loads of patents to prove it, so what's new?—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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However, everyone responds to it differently, and there may be risks for some people, such as the following: Common side effects: Water retention is common with the loading dose of creatine or when taken at high doses.—
Sarah Anzlovar, MS, RD,
Verywell Health,
27 Feb. 2025
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Prescribed fire, including vegetation cutting, removal and burning of piles and low-intensity understory burning, is an important tool to meet the Forest Service's management objectives for ecological restoration, creating habitat for plants and animals and reducing unwanted fuel loading.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Feb. 2025
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Eris is designed to haul payloads of up to 672 pounds (305 kilograms) to low-Earth orbit, and will launch from Bowen Orbital Spaceport in Queensland on Australia's northeastern coast.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
28 Feb. 2025
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Ship will attempt to deploy four payloads — mock versions of SpaceX's Starlink broadband satellites — on its suborbital trajectory.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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About $70 million in political ad spending was recorded during the October-to-December span, the company estimated – a modest amount compared with the haul for some industry peers, but still a sizable boost.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
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This is both the largest sample of dwarf galaxies with active black holes ever seen and the largest haul of elusive intermediate-mass black holes ever collected.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Deadweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadweight. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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