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View definitions for ounce

ounce

noun as in one-sixteenth of a pound/28.35 grams

Strong match

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“There was not one ounce of promotion or anything. It was truly all because of the underground scene.”

The spot gold price hit $3,508.50 per ounce early on Tuesday, continuing its upwards trend which has seen it rise by nearly a third this year.

From BBC

“It’s going to take every little ounce of us to do what we want to do,” Rojas said.

While their characters seem to detest every ounce of each other - "I like that he has arms", Colman's character says during one marriage counselling session - the actors are both happily married in real life.

From BBC

As deputies executed the warrant, they found about three ounces of psychedelic mushrooms on 48-year-old Christopher Tindall, who was described in the release as the owner of the “mushroom sales shop,” according to the release.

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