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overweight

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


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CGS International upgrades its rating for Singapore’s banking sector to overweight from neutral.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 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

May 28: We see numerous reasons to continue to overweight Japan equities.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Another 2024 clinical study compared intermittent fasting combined with protein pacing to continuous calorie restriction in adults with overweight or obesity.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

Lower-income women are more likely than other women to be overweight, though the pattern among men may be the opposite.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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