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featherweight

[feth-er-weyt] / ˈfɛð ərˌweɪt /










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The bout was scheduled for five rounds in the featherweight division.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Case in point: the featherweight quilted Celestia jacket with a highly reflective shell that, according to the designer, “comes alive with motion.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Moving up to featherweight is an option, but the division lacks household names and a jump to super-featherweight is likely a step too far.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

But The Hollywood Reporter describes the film as "pretty polished and as featherweight as a fawning magazine puff piece".

From BBC • May 1, 2026

What Cavendish was trying to do was measure gravity at this extremely featherweight level.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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