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pound

noun as in sixteen ounces/.454 kilograms of weight

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verb as in impress; make someone listen

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He graduated from Madison at 5 feet 2 and 99 pounds.

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The president's call came as the price of ground beef topped $6 per pound for the first time in recent months, with meat costs surging in part due to a tighter supply of cattle.

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She recalls huddling in a basement wondering if they’d survive the night as explosions pounded the streets above.

By spring, both beavers had surpassed 50 pounds.

The employees said the delay - which was only resolved in April - had left them short of thousands of pounds over the last five years.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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