weight

These choices often carry social and political weight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

But she was the one that the paparazzi hounded most fiercely, feeding malicious tabloid coverage focused on her body image and weight.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

Beijing has thrown its weight behind narrowing that timeframe, calling for the sector's development in its last two five-year plans.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Biadasz, who was unable to put weight on his left leg, was carted off the field and visibly upset.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Too thin for all the weight of her on the small, pointed hooves and she went through and down in a huge spray of shattered ice and water.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

“I had 5-pound weights in rehearsal, but until you’re actually there, you don’t know what to expect,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

For most of the past 100 years, research has found that an equally weighted portfolio of stocks has generally outperformed the traditional index, which weights the different stocks according to their market value.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

Its weights, though, are open for users to play with, giving the model a level of adaptability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

People who lift weights may be healthier in other ways, though the researchers adjusted for many such factors, including diet, smoking and aerobic activity.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026

Three cylindrical weights hung down from behind the face, and a long pendulum swung back and forth over the ground.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

But this sector has been this year’s worst performer in the S&P 500, with a 1% decline, even as its weighted rolling 12-month EPS estimate has increased 18%.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

The trimmed mean and weighted median measures of underlying inflation preferred by the Bank of Canada averaged 1.95% annually compared with 1.9% a month earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

As usual, we will hold as long as the weighted put-call ratio remains on its original signal.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

Responses for the governor’s race poll came from a weighted sample of 2,310 respondents considered likely voters in the November election, out of a larger group of 4,207 registered voters throughout California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Emma hadn’t really wanted to listen to any more of what sounded so much like Mom’s voice, weighted down so heavily with worry and fear.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Since we already know that positively weighting factors such as value or quality have worked, avoiding others by default, maybe so.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

And as float increases, so does SpaceX’s float-adjusted weighting in major indexes, which can drive purchases from passive investors.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026

Under the changes, the weighting given to the benefits brought by companies will be doubled, from 10% to 20% for contracts worth £5m or more, the Cabinet Office said.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Because the Dow is a price-weighted index—meaning stock price rather than market capitalization determine the weighting of each company—few funds choose to replicate its composition.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 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