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weight

[weyt] / weɪt /






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England can add this bitter disappointment to successive Euro final losses and the 2018 World Cup semi-final defeat by Croatia, giving weight to the argument they will always be a "nearly" team.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

“That’s the time when you’re trying to move people and weight down. I personally would have said, ‘Hey, look, it’s going to get a little roll-y here for about the next 20 minutes.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

In other words, not every empty stomach carries the same political weight - and history seems to bear that out.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

And if you aren’t pulling your weight, you’re out.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

It was thick enough to hold a man's weight, but he waited two days, then three, hoping that leads, streaks of open water, would appear.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

The model weights will be made available by July 27, Moonshot shared in a blog post.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

"Post-Kimi K3 and open weights models getting closer to the frontier again, I wonder if Anthropic and OpenAI will be allowed to increase their release cadence by the government," Mollick wrote.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

She trains five days a week, three hours a day at a Santa Ana climbing facility lifting weights and practicing speed climbing techniques with other team members.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

The Nasdaq adjusts index weights by a company’s so-called free-float, or the number of shares available to trade publicly, capping the weight at three times a company’s float-adjusted market capitalization.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

I have to lift weights that are tied around the ankle of my right leg.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar

"Going forward, though, I believe the risks continue to be strongly weighted toward higher inflation," she warned.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

The weighted average life of the bonds in that index is over 20 years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

She’ll go for a 30-minute walk outside wearing a weighted vest, UV protectant facial mask and sun hat, then spend another 30 in her home gym.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

But Cook argues that a tax like this would be heavily weighted on London and the south-east of England, where house prices are generally higher than the rest of the country.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

My feet drag, as though they’re weighted, and because my back is stooped I end up looking down at my slippers framed by the walker.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Looking ahead, asset quality will be a key area to watch as supply chain-related inflation risks build, while the proposed expansion of the Malaysia’s benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index could temporarily reduce the sector’s weighting.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

The index also had a 45% weighting toward information-technology stocks as of June 30, compared with 37.1% for the S&P 500 as of Monday, according to FactSet data.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

Ng estimates that the banking sector could see the largest weighting reduction of 623-699 basis points under the proposed expansion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Many indexes use float-adjusted market capitalization when weighting securities.

From MarketWatch Jun. 26, 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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