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weight

[wayt] / weɪt /






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The biggest variation was seen in access to GLP-1 medication, which is widely used to treat type 2 diabetes but was approved for weight management in 2023.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

These popular products are used for a variety of reasons, including to speed up muscle recovery and wound healing, improve sleep or help people lose weight.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

It is typically based on a skier’s weight and height, as well as ability, which can change as we get older.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

But there’s nothing charming about composite decking, which is what I found myself researching when our wood started rotting under the weight of New England winter.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

The weight of its limp body dragged it off the raft, and it slipped soundlessly beneath the water.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

News adjusted its scoring weights for the new rankings to mirror growing concerns over affordability in the United States.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

He really is getting faster in the middle of the season by lifting weights, stretching and working out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

The birds that had worn weights throughout development showed a remarkably different response.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

In reply, Burnham admitted it was a "very dark and difficult moment" for Zelensky, who was "carrying the heaviest of weights" right now.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

I pick up the weights and begin my squats.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

The early look at wholesale sales was based on a weighted response rate to the data agency’s survey of about 62%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Tokyo's Nikkei 225, which is also heavily weighted to tech, ended in the red, though well off earlier lows.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

This shows that during 2026, the index’s weighted rolling 12-month consensus earnings estimates among analysts polled by FactSet have been rising more quickly than share prices.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

After his last unsuccessful attempt he recalibrated his training, focusing on the shorter, weighted, one hour target.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Already so wet that they no longer felt it, they were nevertheless shivering with cold and weighted with their drenched fur.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

When the researchers applied their improved model weighting to projections of precipitation, they found indications that current climate models may also underestimate future snowfall in southeastern Greenland and rainfall across the Mediterranean region.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Using a statistical method called Bayesian weighting, the researchers assigned greater importance to models that more closely matched the historical evidence.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

For the S&P 500 to deliver returns on par with its historical performance, tech stocks — which carry a weighting in the index of just under 40% — will likely need to participate.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

The S&P 500’s strong overall performance reflects its heavy weighting at the top.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

It was barely light outside, but the spring humidity had already seeped into their shack, weighting down their clothes.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson


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