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

weight

[wayt] / weɪt /






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These structures, called intervertebral discs, sit between the vertebrae and help the spine absorb pressure, distribute weight, and move comfortably.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026

These included metformin and semaglutide, prescription medications used to manage metabolic conditions and body weight, as well as anti-TNF therapies that target a protein involved in the body's inflammatory response.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

Initially, she was pleased with the results, saying she lost a "drastic amount" of weight within weeks.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

During his early years in power, Kim leaned heavily on the legitimacy of his grandfather, evoking the founder’s image by cropping his hair, packing on considerable weight and wearing Mao-style suits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

White men move, gather, testing a gun’s weight, its feel.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Ippolito’s natural build is more slender than Stallone’s for Rocky, so he started training hard with weights, eating a ton of protein-rich meals and boxing for roughly 18 months before production began.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

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

I pick up the weights and begin my squats.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

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

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

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

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The first is that indexes like the S&P 500 have become heavily weighted toward a handful of megacap companies, most of which have their fortunes tied up with the AI trade.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026

Wain reminded readers of his autobiography that in Tolkien’s time the Oxford English syllabus “was weighted in favor of the Middle Ages.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The Augur ignores my barb, and though his voice is no louder than it was a moment ago, his words are wrapped in iron, weighted down in certainty.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

India’s weighting in emerging-market portfolios is near multiyear lows, and Citi’s analysis suggests each percentage-point increase in that weighting could bring about $12 billion of inflows.

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

The ETF’s biggest sector exposure is to financials, with a weighting of 38.3% as recently as Friday, according to fund data on BlackRock’s website.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 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

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


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