ton 1 of 2

as in loads
a considerable amount I received a ton of advice on the problem—all of it unsolicited

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The contracts also hold farmers responsible for disposing of the hundreds of tons of manure that a typical poultry farm produces each year, along with the thousands of birds that die before they can be harvested. Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025 And again, as someone who has covered many leaks in the past, a hero shooter having actual data about 22 full characters for three years of content in the backend at season 1 does not make a ton of sense to me. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025 Nearby residents have endured years of negative health impacts, including higher-than-average rates of lung cancer in the surrounding county, polluted air, and environmental degradation — all while thousands of tons of trash is trucked in and piled on to the mountain of garbage each day. Ryan Castalia, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025 For the driver who sees their vehicle as simple transportation, whose priorities lie with reducing greenhouse emissions, or simply who doesn’t care about what powers their car all that much, a plug-in hybrid can make a ton of sense. Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for ton 

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“Ton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ton. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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