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[weyt] / weɪt /






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What are the side effects of weight loss drugs?

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

He works relentlessly in the weight room gaining strength.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

With people making potentially life-or-death decisions based on his posts, Esko said he felt the weight of responsibility.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Cambridge researchers have uncovered why both activating and blocking the same brain receptor can promote weight loss.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

It creaked beneath the weight of the sled.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

For most of the past 100 years, research has found that an equally weighted portfolio of stocks has generally outperformed the traditional index, which weights the different stocks according to their market value.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Once a model’s weights are on the internet, there is no going back.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Modifying weights can make a model more polite, sassier or more prone to hallucination.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

People who lift weights may be healthier in other ways, though the researchers adjusted for many such factors, including diet, smoking and aerobic activity.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

Archimedes studied three elementary tools that could be used to move weights: the lever, the pulley and the screw.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

But the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 are weighted by market value, and outsize gains from a handful of superstar companies continue to drive returns.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Curaleaf is offering $4 a share for Aurora, representing a premium of more than 45% based on Aurora’s 30-day volume weighted average price.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

The idea that this has to be weighted down with law-review articles and footnotes and arcana about the history of a three-part test is a way of obfuscating, right?

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

Fans consolidated in the right field stands as Ohtani warmed up by throwing a weighted plyo ball against the back wall of the visitor’s bullpen and then returned to the outfield to play catch.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

He spoke slowly now, and each word seemed weighted with meaning.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

And as float increases, so does SpaceX’s float-adjusted weighting in major indexes, which can drive purchases from passive investors.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

Speaking to the Jimmy's Jobs of the Future podcast,, external he said there would be "more social value weighting in public contracts", with a particular focus on firms offering such placements.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

A neutral weighting on the U.S. in a global equity fund is around two thirds.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Looking ahead, asset quality will be a key area to watch as supply chain-related inflation risks build, while the proposed expansion of the Malaysia’s benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index could temporarily reduce the sector’s weighting.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

“Any merchant who advertises ‘Honest Scales’ must have been thinking about weighting them,” she says.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston




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