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weight

[weyt] / weɪt /






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GLP-1 drugs have transformed the public conversation around appetite and weight loss; “ThinTok” has given restriction a new algorithmic sheen; conspicuously thin celebrity bodies are once again objects of fascination.

From Salon Sep. 15, 2026

The research, published in the journal, Ecology, external, adds weight to calls to create strips of natural land outside protected areas that connect separate wildlife areas broken apart by roads, towns, or farms.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Its experts retained the acceptable daily intake of 15 milligrams per kilogram of body weight per day and found that estimated dietary exposure remained below that level across the population groups assessed.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

Patients on the highest dose in a big study lost an average of 28.3% of their body weight, Eli Lilly reported in June.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

“What’s wrong? You look like you’re carrying the weight of the whole world.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

"The glass beads serve a similar function to calibration weights on a scale," explains Iris Weber from the University of Münster.

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

This network links words through connections of various weights.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Experimentation belongs there, so do sudden spikes and so do the proprietary frontier models, whose owners release the weights to nobody.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

Hidden in the basement of a supermarket, the thick smell of sweat hangs heavy in the air as she pushes weights alongside bearded muscle-men.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

My mother watches as he stretches out my legs and both arms, then has me use weights and resistance bands.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

Still, the trimmed mean and weighted median measures of underlying inflation preferred by the Bank of Canada were unchanged, averaging 1.95% annually.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

Adobe’s forward P/E of 9.6 compares with weighted valuations of 25.2 for the S&P 500 software group and 19.6 for the full S&P 500, according to FactSet.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

Going into 2027, eurozone bond curves are expected to resume steepening, encouraging debt management offices to continue gradually reducing weighted average maturity, Morgan Stanley strategists say in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

I walk down the street and I see an alarming number of people wearing weighted walking vests now, which is so frightening that it requires me to catch my breath every now and again.

From Slate Sep. 6, 2026

Lillian Meecham had been radiant, a dazzling partner who added charm to a family so drilled and weighted down with the responsibility of obedience that they seemed to function and move together like a machine.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

The so-called bottom-up projection — that is, adding up all the estimates of S&P 500 companies and then weighting by market cap — is $417.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

In a move that highlights those concerns, the manager of Norway’s $2.4 trillion sovereign-wealth fund proposed slashing the weighting of government debt in its bond portfolio to 50% from 70%.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Tech companies make up a tenth of the Stoxx Europe 600’s weighting, compared with around 40% of the S&P 500.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Under the changes, the weighting given to the benefits brought by companies will be doubled, from 10% to 20% for contracts worth £5m or more, the Cabinet Office said.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

Not everyone was attentive; one juror, as though poisoned by the numerous spring-fever yawns weighting the air, sat with drugged eyes and jaws so utterly ajar bees could have buzzed in and out.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote




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