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Recent Examples of deadweight
Losing that 200 pounds of deadweight has freed me up to focus on advancing my career.
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R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
The Trump administration’s effort to end birthright citizenship would add deadweight costs to the economy and financially harm people least likely to possess spare resources.
—Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Losing that 200 pounds of deadweight freed me up to focus on advancing my career.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025
Losing that 200 pounds of deadweight has freed me up to focus on advancing my career.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
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R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
The Trump administration’s effort to end birthright citizenship would add deadweight costs to the economy and financially harm people least likely to possess spare resources.
—Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Losing that 200 pounds of deadweight freed me up to focus on advancing my career.
—R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025
Losing that 200 pounds of deadweight has freed me up to focus on advancing my career.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deadweight
Noun
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The burden of trying to fit into India, of forever apologizing for its shortcomings, apologizing for my own Westernization, was suddenly lifted from me.—
Aatish Taseer,
Time,
15 July 2025
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In fact, there is something pleasurable in setting down the burdens of the past.—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
15 July 2025
Noun
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Weighing approximately 81 lbs (37 kg), the Jumper Go supports a maximum payload of 450 lbs (204 kg), including a rear rack capable of carrying up to 150 lbs (68 kg) of cargo.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 July 2025
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With fewer Chinese cargo expected to enter the U.S. in August into the fall months, ocean carriers will be monitoring capacity levels to hold rates up.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
10 July 2025
Noun
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In fact, Chevrolet purposefully accomplished that top speed run with ballast to prove the future ZR1X's potential.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
ArsTechnica,
17 June 2025
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One where balance sheets build and their brand finds ballast.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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These imports will only be allowed entry into India using ocean freight via the Nhava Sheva Port (also known as Jawaharlal Nehru Port) in Mumbai.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
3 July 2025
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By law, interstate freight truck drivers cannot exceed 11 hours on the road.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 July 2025
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As Blurton explains it, in the strength world, load and velocity often have an inverse relationship.—
Jenny McCoy,
SELF,
15 July 2025
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Too much nitrogen fosters loads of vegetative (leaf and shoot) growth and little reproductive (flower and fruit) growth.—
Paul Cappiello,
The Courier-Journal,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Driving, being in control of all these pallets of Guinness and stacking them, loading [semis] that were going out to various pubs in Northern Ireland.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 July 2025
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Security analysts assume that such explosions are related to the vessel's recent loading at Russian oil export facilities; however, Lloyd's List said that there is no hard evidence to support these theories, making vessel risk assessments difficult for shipowners and operators.—
Brendan Cole
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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The Israeli Air Force handled Iran's air defense system with ease, so much so that Israeli pilots established air superiority over the country and greased the skids for U.S. B-2 bombers to drop their 30,000-pound payloads on two of Iran's main nuclear facilities at Natanz and Fordow.—
Daniel R. DePetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Then, once the skies were cleared, Israel used its crewed aircraft to strike targets such as the Natanz nuclear facility with an accuracy and payload beyond drones’ capability.—
Michael C. Horowitz,
Foreign Affairs,
4 July 2025
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The mission: Mix fruits and veggies from the morning’s haul and make a no-rules raw salad—and have fun.—
Karen Yuan,
Travel + Leisure,
13 July 2025
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Siegel misses out on an opportunity to get a solid haul of points.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 July 2025
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“Deadweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadweight. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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