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lightweight

[lahyt-weyt] / ˈlaɪtˌweɪt /


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Hormone levels were measured every 20 minutes using a lightweight wearable device about the size of a mobile phone that attaches at the waist.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

Light Helmets is using endorsement deals and bypassing team equipment managers to market its lightweight football helmets.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Six years later, he unveiled a lightweight “Soybean Car,” built from 14 soy-derived plastic panels attached to a tubular steel frame.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

The ex-Commonwealth lightweight champion set up a sporting foundation when he retired from boxing in 2019 and has led a number of initiatives for underprivileged children, including a mobile boxing gym.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

“Curley’s pretty handy. He done quite a bit in the ring. He’s a lightweight, and he’s handy.”

From "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck

The audience might forget those things, but it will remember how silly the suits looked as they struggled to deal with perceived lightweights who had organized against them.

From Slate Sep. 15, 2023

The two lightweights aren’t even fighting for a title or a fringe belt — making it a true grudge match.

From Washington Times Apr. 20, 2023

I’m a high school speech and debate alumni too, though I competed in public forum debate — an event that I’ve been told is for the intellectual lightweights of the speech and debate community.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2022

Donovan’s offense rarely utilized backs in the passing game, while Lake philosophically advocated for bulkier backs — joking that “they don’t let heavyweight fighters fight lightweights for a reason: the heavyweight fighter’s going to win.”

From Seattle Times Mar. 30, 2022

"We're lightweights," Mabel tried to joke, but her voice was thick with regret.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour




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