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Recent Examples of deadweightLosing that 200 pounds of deadweight has freed me up to focus on advancing my career.—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025 This misallocation of resources results in productive inefficiency and a deadweight loss — a reduction in overall economic welfare that benefits neither producers nor consumers.—Richard Menger Md Mpa, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 Ship capacity transiting through the Panama Canal was 10 percent lower between September 2024 and January 2025 than the 2019-22 average, measured in deadweight tonnage, according to the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO).—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 Feb. 2025 What deadweight is holding you back?—USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deadweight
It’s been a burden to bear for a team that hasn’t seemed to play as well as their record would indicate.
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Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
For example, if $100 million in pension savings is achieved, and towns are still collecting $1 billion in property taxes, then the state would have communities reduce that burden to $900 million — and send cities and towns $100 million to offset their revenue loss.
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Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
23 Apr. 2025
Officers made the discovery on April 13 at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility, which connects U.S. 281 to the Mexican city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas.
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Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
The company hopes to partner with other missions to rapidly deliver cargo to Mars, supplies to lunar orbit, mining equipment to near-Earth asteroids, probes to outer planets and telescopes to deep space.
The mussels easily make their way into live wells, bilges and ballast tanks, watercraft’s engine systems, plumbing and other compartments onboard boats.
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Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Without sufficient ballast, its word balloons threaten to float charmingly away.
President Donald Trump is moving to undo many Biden-era regulations on diesel truck emissions and incentives meant to encourage an EV transition, and his tariff policies are likely to depress the freight industry.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
The pair collaborated on searching freight shipments, storage units and vehicles to confiscate drugs, targeting marijuana in particular because it was stored locally rather than sent to the DEA, according to officials.
Users of the app reported an unending loading screen while the website featured a 502 error message.
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David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2025
Regarding color, the Switch 2's screen is an upgrade from the original Switch's LCD; the red in the loading screen appeared well-saturated in our time with the handheld.
Apollo is the first commercial humanoid robot designed for friendly interaction, mass manufacturability, high payloads and safety, Apptronik touts.
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Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Apr. 2025
Across 30 total spaceflights, an uncrewed New Shepard spacecraft has multiple times flown with scientific payloads on behalf of paying customers, including NASA.
BofA topped estimates for first-quarter profit as interest income grew and volatile markets helped its stock traders rake in a record haul.
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Saeed Azhar and Arasu Kannagi Basil,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
In May Logic would suggest that a small-market team like Milwaukee would be unlikely to afford the type of deal Adames would command on the open market and thus, be better served by trading him for a haul of young, controllable prospects.
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