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

weight

[wayt] / weɪt /






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This more focused approach could eventually help people lose weight without experiencing problems such as nausea, constipation, or substantial muscle loss.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

The CNN team had a 10-ton weight pressing down on them and still managed to convey the sense of celebration presumably gripping most of its viewers.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026

Scientists could then examine whether changing their diets affects how their brains respond to food images and whether any differences are associated with reduced weight gain.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

He said planning reforms were in favour of development, with housing and economic growth policies often carrying greater weight than nature conservation.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

“That’s the most important monkey of the whole works. He’s worth his weight in gold. They’re offering a hundred dollar reward for him.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Publicans serve it in pints—a system of weights and measures, then, much like that in the unseen foreign parts.

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

He really is getting faster in the middle of the season by lifting weights, stretching and working out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Dad has his old weights in the basement.

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz

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

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The strategists’ analysis of Treasury holdings data and portfolio weighted average maturity metrics suggests that “there has been a retrenchment in demand for long-dated Treasurys,” they said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Earnings for the median S&P 500 company are expected to grow about 10%, Golub noted, “which is kind of very normal. So the weighted number distorts how good things are.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 25, 2026

Tokyo's Nikkei 225, which is also heavily weighted to tech, ended in the red, though well off earlier lows.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

I feel panic and terror cover me like a weighted blanket.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

New dwelling purchase costs make up 7.6% of the consumer price index and carry a weighting of nearly 11% in the trimmed mean measure, which excludes the largest price swings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 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

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

That’s no accident because keeping an equal weighting forces an index to favor smaller, cheaper stocks—two factors known to boost long-run returns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 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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