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Now, the market is putting a roughly 85% weight on that likelihood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The research, published in the journal, Ecology, external, adds weight to calls to create strips of natural land outside protected areas that connect separate wildlife areas broken apart by roads, towns, or farms.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
I’ve been sticking with a weight training routine for a couple of years now, but I try to evolve the exercises all the time because I get bored really easily.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
These were immediate responses, not evidence that sucralose caused lasting weight gain.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
They grunted with the weight of the currach as they went along the sandy path, but I didn’t waste time watching them.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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"The glass beads serve a similar function to calibration weights on a scale," explains Iris Weber from the University of Münster.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Hundreds of people this weekend in New York City and across the country will remember Sept. 11, 2001, by throwing on rucksacks filled with weights and supplies and marching for hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Experimentation belongs there, so do sudden spikes and so do the proprietary frontier models, whose owners release the weights to nobody.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Hidden in the basement of a supermarket, the thick smell of sweat hangs heavy in the air as she pushes weights alongside bearded muscle-men.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
The shop was round, its walls covered in a plethora of weights and pendulums and cogs and gears, all trimmed in buttered brass.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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She added that no single criterion is weighted above the others and that Aritzia’s employees reflect a range of backgrounds, ages, ethnicities and body types.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
I walk down the street and I see an alarming number of people wearing weighted walking vests now, which is so frightening that it requires me to catch my breath every now and again.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
When a friend pointed out some weighted bags lining the path at the bottom of the staircase one day, the siblings quickly abandoned the water jug idea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
This largely involved using different weighted bats designed to teach players how to move their bodies faster without altering their core swing mechanics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
In trying to speak casually, I’d forgotten how weighted each little phrase could be.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Although taxes and regulatory changes get the lowest weighting in the index, Conti said Americans need to plan more for potential tax expenses in retirement.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Carmakers and manufacturers of auto parts are getting battered by competition from China, but they now make up less than 2% of the Stoxx Europe 600’s weighting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
And with a capitalization of $5.26 trillion, Nvidia is the market’s biggest company, carrying a 7.6% weighting in the S&P 500.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Tech companies make up a tenth of the Stoxx Europe 600’s weighting, compared with around 40% of the S&P 500.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Rowan took the map from his pack and unrolled it on the grass, weighting the corners down with stones.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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