lightweight
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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
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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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