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Recent Examples of deadweight
That represented 68% of the vessels when measured by deadweight, and the lowest number of tankers tracked with IG club insurance, surpassing 67% uninsured recorded in July and August.
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Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024
Getting rid of deadweight and dealing with unsatisfactory situations will lighten your burden and make room for investing more time in yourself and what brings you joy.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
Taken together, if VIPER fails to fly, the agency will have spent about $800 million to send literal deadweight to the moon instead.
—Michael Greshko, Scientific American, 24 July 2024
But Iggy Azalea is deadweight on the song, with her blaccent and school-assignment-level rhymes.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
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Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024
Getting rid of deadweight and dealing with unsatisfactory situations will lighten your burden and make room for investing more time in yourself and what brings you joy.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
Taken together, if VIPER fails to fly, the agency will have spent about $800 million to send literal deadweight to the moon instead.
—Michael Greshko, Scientific American, 24 July 2024
But Iggy Azalea is deadweight on the song, with her blaccent and school-assignment-level rhymes.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deadweight
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The Protect Medicaid Act has been introduced in past congressional sessions and seeks to prevent what the GOP calls a financial burden on American taxpayers.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2025
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Even in relationships where physical chores are divided equally, one partner often bears the mental burden of ensuring that everything runs smoothly.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Lincoln returned from the cargo trip and decided to stay in New Salem, about 20 miles northwest of Springfield.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
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FedEx navigated through bottom-line headwinds such as the end of its air cargo contract with the United States Postal Service (USPS) last fall, resulting in a $180 million hit to operating income, Subramaniam said in the call.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
21 Mar. 2025
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Similarly, if a driver weighs under the minimum weight, ballast can also be used to compensate.—
Yara Elshebiny,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The installation incorporates robust mooring systems, wave breakers and ballast anchors to ensure stability in varying conditions.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
18 Mar. 2025
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Join 28 others in the comments View Comments Profitability is not its main mission, Amtrak said, saying it was initially created to increase profits for freight railroads who were losing huge sums of money providing passenger service.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Hyperloop capsules will be designed to carry individual 40-ft containers (equivalent to two TEUs) at speeds of around 370 mph (595 km/h) to and from the port, turning a trip of several hours or even days into 20-30 minutes, rivaling air freight speeds.—
Joe Salas,
New Atlas,
14 Mar. 2025
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Small, intentional changes — like expressing appreciation, communicating needs clearly and checking in about emotional and mental loads — can breathe new life into a relationship.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Time is another factor: Offering loads to alternate carriers can add hours to tendering.—
Andre Claudio,
Sourcing Journal,
28 Mar. 2025
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The assessments look into vessel traffic, transit speeds, loading characteristics and more, especially as ships have gotten larger over the decades.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2025
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Accessible via the left- and right-side pass-through doors, this storage garage can carry a small motorcycle, scooter, ebike or bicycles, and an available slide-out ramp helps with loading.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
20 Mar. 2025
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These methods can easily miss deeper behavioral indicators that would signal a malicious payload lurking beneath the surface.—
Alex Vakulov,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Apollo is the first commercial humanoid robot designed for friendly interaction, mass manufacturability, high payloads and safety, Apptronik touts.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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Trading them would return two huge hauls of prospects to the Blue Jays.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Bader rose to fame as a plus-size influencer on TikTok, showcasing realistic clothing hauls from popular brands.—
Athena Sobhan,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Deadweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadweight. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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