lightweight
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A controller powerful enough to do that would normally demand too much computation to operate in real time, especially because the aerodynamics of such a lightweight flying machine are highly complex.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Brian Ortega was scheduled to fight on home turf, but due to an injury, his lightweight bout against Renato Moicano was removed from the card.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Six years later, he unveiled a lightweight “Soybean Car,” built from 14 soy-derived plastic panels attached to a tubular steel frame.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Do you really need the big heavy frontier model for summarizing minutes from our meeting today or can you just use a small, lightweight language model just to do the same task?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Powell was speaking while struggling into his lightweight space jacket.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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The audience might forget those things, but it will remember how silly the suits looked as they struggled to deal with perceived lightweights who had organized against them.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2023
Certainly, they won’t accept academic lightweights to fill out the conference membership, but what choice do they have?
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2023
The two lightweights aren’t even fighting for a title or a fringe belt — making it a true grudge match.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
I’m a high school speech and debate alumni too, though I competed in public forum debate — an event that I’ve been told is for the intellectual lightweights of the speech and debate community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
"We're lightweights," Mabel tried to joke, but her voice was thick with regret.
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
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