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Which of these is a traditional unit of weight or mass?

weight

[wayt] / weɪt /






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Nvidia’s large weight in broad stock indexes means its shares can affect investors who own index funds through retirement accounts.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

Earlier research by Zhang and Chang found that people can begin losing weight as much as 10 years before a dementia diagnosis, with the decline becoming more pronounced as the disease approaches.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

Pfizer doesn’t currently have a GLP-1 medication approved for weight loss on the market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Because the data covered such a long period, the researchers could examine how participants' weight changed in the years leading up to their diagnosis.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

Finally, when we fenced the garden and forced him to go on two-mile walks by dragging him on a leash, Fred began to lose weight.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

I find it very sad, so I probably get a weekly walk in now, but I like to do my weights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

“I’m not comfortable living in a world in which open weights do not exist.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Because the underlying physical processes controlling sea ice remain consistent across different climate conditions, the team could apply these same weights to simulations of both the recent past and the future.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 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

Tokyo, Seoul and Taipei -- which are heavily weighted with AI-linked tech giants -- led the advances.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

It is the market’s best guess: every possible future weighted by its likelihood of payoff, made by millions of people with their own money on the line and more information than any pundit can hold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Bottom trawling involves dragging weighted nets along the seabed to catch fish, although it can harm underwater vegetation.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

But regardless of the reason, the upshot was that even as the market-cap weighted S&P 500 fell sharply, the majority of equities within it rose, with the advancers beating decliners by 173.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

I hooked the pick of my left ax on a nickel-thin lip of rock and weighted it.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

That implies a stronger 2H weighting versus market expectations, says the bank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

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

That weighting method resulted in smaller reported overall differences between the large providers and the comparison groups than would result from using raw averages or weighting by beneficiaries served.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The orchards of peaches with the lush fruit weighting down the dwarfed trees.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers


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