tonnage

Example Sentences

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Over this period, the Indian navy more than doubled its tonnage, but China’s naval tonnage more than quadrupled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Given the sheer tonnage of Russian machinery still at the launchpad, it appears there is an enormous job ahead.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

“These are still small steps in tonnage, but giant strides in independence,” Innes observed.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 17, 2025

While China has the world's largest navy by number of vessels, the US fleet has a greater overall tonnage and is more powerful - with far more large aircraft carriers.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2025

A mere dozen species account for over 80 percent of the modern world’s annual tonnage of all crops.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond