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overweight

[oh-ver-weyt, oh-ver-weyt, oh-ver-weyt] / ˈoʊ vərˈweɪt, ˈoʊ vərˌweɪt, ˌoʊ vərˈweɪt /


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Zealand Chief Medical Officer David Kendall said the data reported by Boehringer reinforce survodutide’s potential as a differentiated therapy for people living with overweight or obesity and associated metabolic dysfunction.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The drug is targeted adults living with obesity or overweight, without type 2 diabetes, and adults with overweight or obesity with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

A bridge in north Wales has closed three times in about 24 hours after suspected overweight vehicles crossed it, causing traffic disruption.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

“We continue to like financials and also have a good overweight in consumer-discretionary companies,” says Basak Yavuz, the Goldman fund’s co-manager.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

He is slender now, but during his heyday, Flom was extremely overweight.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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