lighter
Example Sentences
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For example, he once observed External link that gross domestic product was getting lighter.
From Barron's
PhD candidate Ms. Bronwen Charlesson examined how different training loads, ranging from high intensity to lighter periods, affect athletes' gut health.
From Science Daily
A new spray mechanism delivers a “lighter, more controlled application,” it says.
Real private domestic demand grew at an annual rate of 2.4% in Q4, a bit lighter than we anticipated, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see this revised higher.
From Barron's
In those regions, heavy oceanic plates slide beneath lighter continental plates, sometimes producing earthquakes hundreds of miles deep.
From Science Daily
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