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pound

[pound] / paʊnd /
NOUN
sixteen ounces/.454 kilograms of weight
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VERB
impress; make someone listen
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The company’s 300 million pound incremental buyback is above expectations and is supportive of valuation, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

"To have multi-million pound centres that are built and aren't delivering on taxpayers money you know it's very frustrating," he said.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Chicken breasts are $3.58 a pound on average, less than half the price of a pound of ground beef, according to the Century Foundation and Groundwork Collaborative report.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

She used a mallet to pound a metal tube into the rocky sand.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

And Ma got a pound of tea, and a little paper package of store sugar to have in the house when company came.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder




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