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Recent Examples of tonnage
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Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Jan. 2025
The sheer tonnage of commercial inventory created by that decision put pressure on streaming ad rates — and is likely to have an effect on the sales process in 2025.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
This food amounted to over 13 percent of total lend-lease tonnage.
—Carlisle Ford Runge, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2022
The tonnage figures are a little more pronounced, 35% to 24% in favor of MIA.
—Ken Roberts, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Jan. 2025
The sheer tonnage of commercial inventory created by that decision put pressure on streaming ad rates — and is likely to have an effect on the sales process in 2025.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
This food amounted to over 13 percent of total lend-lease tonnage.
—Carlisle Ford Runge, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2022
The tonnage figures are a little more pronounced, 35% to 24% in favor of MIA.
—Ken Roberts, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for tonnage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tonnage
Noun
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North Carolina edged Minnesota last year in total poundage, producing just over 1.07 billion pounds, compared with just over 1.05 billion pounds for Minnesota.—
Steve Karnowski,
Twin Cities,
26 Nov. 2024
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This decrease is attributed to the decrease in poundage sold.—
Quartz Bot,
Quartz,
14 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Generally, these wines are run-of-the mill, produced in bulk, and inexpensively priced.—
Anna Lee C. Iijima,
Bon Appétit,
22 Jan. 2025
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And so what commenced was effectively oligarchs’ purchasing independent media outlets in bulk and then donating those outlets to a purportedly independent foundation called KESMA, and on the board of KESMA are all of the Fidesz party loyalists.—
Lulu Garcia-Navarro,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Not to mention cutting out the deadweight middlemen in publishing.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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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.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2024
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“Tonnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tonnage. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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