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weight

[wayt] / weɪt /






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The drug company developed a game-changing medicine that helps people lose weight and will ultimately impact a broad cross-section of industries after researching a treatment for diabetes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

These are medications that cause a lot of weight gain, a lot of sedation.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

The benefits of GLP-1s extend far beyond weight loss, although we are still in uncharted territory when it comes to the lifestyle changes that should accommodate rapid weight loss, including building strength and bone density.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Researchers found that these drinks were comparable to water in supporting both weight loss and long-term weight maintenance.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

But an untold truth was a heavy thing, and Clare did not want to carry that weight for eternity.

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

Their weights, or the numeral parameters that the model learns throughout the training process, can be downloaded directly and run locally.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Strength training does not just mean lifting the heaviest weights in the gym.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

The finalists' latest weights have not yet been revealed.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

There is no sentient actor lurking in the weights to be reasoned with, feared or pacified.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

His eyes drooped, his lids looked as though they had weights placed on them, but he smiled and said something that made Amaka laugh.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

In recent weeks, the equal-weighted S&P 500 index has badly underperformed the regular, market-cap weighted index, which remains near a record.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

That is based on the assumption of a 27% drop in volume and a 24% increase in average selling prices, weighted toward the fourth quarter, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Responses for the governor’s race poll came from a weighted sample of 4,512 respondents considered likely to vote in the November election, from a larger group of 6,989 registered voters throughout California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Colleen Babcock, Rightmove's head of partner marketing, says London faces additional challenges because its market is heavily weighted towards flats, and "affordability more broadly remains a key challenge".

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Even with his weighted blanket, the ticking clock, and the hawk’s eyes.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

But this takes us back to the index’s weighting by market capitalization.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Previously, Jarden had a zero risk weighting given negative results from the earlier Elanora and Isabella prospects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 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

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

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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