overweight

Example Sentences

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Asset allocation, Currie emphasized, is a zero-sum game: “You cannot be overweight everything.”

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Hedge funds are more overweight semiconductor stocks than at any point in the past decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The analysis only included people with obesity or overweight who did not have diabetes because weight loss results in obesity drug trials are typically lower in people with diabetes, making direct comparisons difficult.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

There’s an Irish airline executive named Michael O’Leary who so loves upcharges and cost-cutting that, over the years, he has floated selling standing-room flights, charging overweight passengers more, and installing coin-operated restrooms.

From Barron's • May 8, 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