How to Use poundage in a Sentence
poundage
noun-
The fishery produced the third highest catch, fish poundage and value on record dating back to 1975.
— Laine Welch | Fish Factor, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Nov. 2021 -
For thru-hikers who need to cut poundage from every part of their hiking gear, this is your pair of lightweight hiking shoes.
— Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2021 -
Black cod prices are broken into five weight categories by poundage.
— Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2021 -
That’s the program through USDA that pays extra poundage to make up for losses from ongoing trade disputes.
— Anchorage Daily News, 22 Dec. 2020 -
The Buccaneers' double team became a quadruple team, and soon, the Colts All-Pro defensive tackle was on the ground, his knee mangled beneath the poundage.
— Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 2021 -
That said, testers thought that extra poundage was a worthwhile tradeoff: this boat is simply more practical for more people.
— Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 27 May 2022 -
Parsons said this year's poundage — set under a co-management system with eight Chippewa bands — is identical in size to last year.
— Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 24 Feb. 2021 -
Speaking of mass, all that new tech definitely contributes to extra poundage.
— Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 17 Jan. 2023 -
Yet Schell points out that guides carry first-aid kits, repair kits, and evacuation sleds without consideration of poundage.
— Outside Online, 5 Dec. 2021 -
Upping the poundage can cause additional shoulder stress due to the rotational movements involved.
— Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 29 June 2022 -
Fortunately, the all-new Taurus powertrain deals easily with the excess poundage.
— Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 2 July 2020 -
The company worried about the gearbox's weight not because of performance reasons but to keep the Slingshot at a poundage where it can be classified as an autocycle, the rules for which in America vary widely from state to state.
— Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 8 Apr. 2021 -
In an essay published by The Conversation, Campione explains that for years, paleontologists followed two rival approaches for tallying a dinosaur's poundage.
— Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2020 -
The fishery produced the third highest catch, fish poundage and value on record dating back to 1975.
— Laine Welch | Fish Factor, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Nov. 2021 -
For thru-hikers who need to cut poundage from every part of their hiking gear, this is your pair of lightweight hiking shoes.
— Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2021 -
Black cod prices are broken into five weight categories by poundage.
— Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2021 -
That’s the program through USDA that pays extra poundage to make up for losses from ongoing trade disputes.
— Anchorage Daily News, 22 Dec. 2020 -
The Buccaneers' double team became a quadruple team, and soon, the Colts All-Pro defensive tackle was on the ground, his knee mangled beneath the poundage.
— Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 2021 -
That said, testers thought that extra poundage was a worthwhile tradeoff: this boat is simply more practical for more people.
— Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 27 May 2022 -
Parsons said this year's poundage — set under a co-management system with eight Chippewa bands — is identical in size to last year.
— Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune, 24 Feb. 2021 -
Speaking of mass, all that new tech definitely contributes to extra poundage.
— Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 17 Jan. 2023 -
Yet Schell points out that guides carry first-aid kits, repair kits, and evacuation sleds without consideration of poundage.
— Outside Online, 5 Dec. 2021 -
Upping the poundage can cause additional shoulder stress due to the rotational movements involved.
— Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 29 June 2022 -
Fortunately, the all-new Taurus powertrain deals easily with the excess poundage.
— Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 2 July 2020 -
The company worried about the gearbox's weight not because of performance reasons but to keep the Slingshot at a poundage where it can be classified as an autocycle, the rules for which in America vary widely from state to state.
— Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 8 Apr. 2021 -
In an essay published by The Conversation, Campione explains that for years, paleontologists followed two rival approaches for tallying a dinosaur's poundage.
— Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2020
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