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Recent Examples of deadweight
But Iggy Azalea is deadweight on the song, with her blaccent and school-assignment-level rhymes.
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Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
What’s your prognosis for the season? 2023 was an anomaly of deadweight contracts and injuries crashing into a youth movement.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
The benefit is the removal of intermediaries and all the inefficiency and deadweight losses therein.
—Korok Ray, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
With 12 tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss, a sack and two quarterback hurries, Asante played hero ball Saturday night as Auburn leaned on its defense with deadweight as the Tigers’ offense sputtered.
—Ainslie Lee | Alee@al.com, al, 12 Sep. 2023
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Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
What’s your prognosis for the season? 2023 was an anomaly of deadweight contracts and injuries crashing into a youth movement.
—Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
The benefit is the removal of intermediaries and all the inefficiency and deadweight losses therein.
—Korok Ray, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
With 12 tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss, a sack and two quarterback hurries, Asante played hero ball Saturday night as Auburn leaned on its defense with deadweight as the Tigers’ offense sputtered.
—Ainslie Lee | Alee@al.com, al, 12 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deadweight
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To ease their burden, PwC urges automakers to be as efficient as possible including regionalization and improving supply chains.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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On January 14, two bills advanced in the Labor Committee that might well be the spark that ignites widespread labor unrest, even as the push imposes heavier burdens on our state’s consumers and taxpayers.—
Frank Ricci,
National Review,
17 Jan. 2025
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They are then exported out of Haiti to Miami, where the cargo is again quickly loaded onto aircraft bound for China, where they are then raised for food.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Suez Canal, for example, is crucial for energy and cargo shipments moving between Asia and Europe.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Panama Canal has a long history of sea creatures voyaging through as stowaways on ships’ hulls and in their ballast tanks: oysters from the Indo-Pacific, jellyfish from the Black Sea, worms from mud flats in the Netherlands.—
Charlie Cordero,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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The vessel's captain said on Sunday there was a leak in the fourth cargo tank and oil was leaking into the ballast tank although no fuel spilt into the water and none of the 14 crew members was in danger, according to the Baza Telegram channel.—
Tim Ryan,
Newsweek,
18 Dec. 2024
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More than 60% of respondents said Lunar New Year freight, which consists of spring and summer products, were also frontloaded to avoid any supply chain disruption.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
17 Jan. 2025
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Per Brookings analysis, this legislation has funneled an incredible $1.71 billion to the San Diego region over the past two years, like the $54 million replacement of the San Dieguito River Railway Bridge in Del Mar to ensure passenger and freight rail connections to Los Angeles and beyond.—
Adie Tomer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
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In their world, there were more hands to share the load, more voices to call out, more feet to hold the line.—
Katherine Schulten,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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The Life of a College Athlete is filled with pressure College athletes already have days packed with classes (a full-time load is required) along with a substantial commitment to team practices and activities (often more than 40 hours per week); along with other demands including family, etc.—
Karen Weaver,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Hornets’ security, the Observer previously reported, typically places barricades outside the stadium’s loading dock area to keep pedestrians and fans at bay — particularly when a car is leaving.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Jan. 2025
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The circular loading indicator kept spinning, which felt a little overwhelming.—
Robert Anderson,
PCMAG,
22 Jan. 2025
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The ultimate payload is account takeover through credential theft.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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The license is for the launch of the company's RFA One rocket, which has an advertised payload of 1.3 metric tons to low-Earth orbit.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
17 Jan. 2025
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Listen to this article Jim Walden, a prominent New York lawyer running for mayor this year on an anti-corruption platform, raised nearly $630,000 for his campaign in the most recent reporting period — a sizable haul for a first-time candidate.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
13 Jan. 2025
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The Cubs gave up a substantial haul to get Tucker, so most baseball observers expected Chicago would quickly try to work out a contract extension with the 27-year-old Tucker, the Astros first-round draft pick (fifth overall) in 2015 out of H.B. Plant High School in Tampa, Florida.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Deadweight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deadweight. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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