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The National Institute of Standards and Technology estimates that $12 trillion of U.S. commerce, 45% of gross domestic product, is sold by weight or measure or subject to price checks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Aglok MacDonald says that many cast and crew members actually lost weight during the shoot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

The 10 biggest companies in the index account for 6.7% of the index by weight — $670 out of the hypothetical $10,000 mentioned above.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

For years, people have been encouraged to choose low-fat or fat-free dairy products to protect their hearts and manage their weight.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

Just to cross the border was to feel the great weight that hung over that land.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

I find it very sad, so I probably get a weekly walk in now, but I like to do my weights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

“I’m not comfortable living in a world in which open weights do not exist.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

News adjusted its scoring weights for the new rankings to mirror growing concerns over affordability in the United States.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

Birds that grew up carrying the weights could walk with the added load without expending additional energy.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Then he scooped Ivy from where she was sprawled on the bed and curled her into his arms like he was lifting weights.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

Most broad commodity ETFs are heavily weighted to energy markets, with the rest of the portfolio divided between precious and industrial metals and agriculture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Bottom trawling involves dragging weighted nets along the seabed to catch fish, although it can harm underwater vegetation.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

The forward price-to-earnings ratios are based on consensus 12-month earnings-per-share estimates among analysts polled by FactSet, weighted in the same way as the funds’ portfolios.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Tokyo's Nikkei 225, which is also heavily weighted to tech, ended in the red, though well off earlier lows.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Cracking open the ice on the lake, she weighted the pieces with stones and sent them to the bottom.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

When the researchers applied their improved model weighting to projections of precipitation, they found indications that current climate models may also underestimate future snowfall in southeastern Greenland and rainfall across the Mediterranean region.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Using a statistical method called Bayesian weighting, the researchers assigned greater importance to models that more closely matched the historical evidence.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

The ETF’s biggest sector exposure is to financials, with a weighting of 38.3% as recently as Friday, according to fund data on BlackRock’s website.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

That’s no accident because keeping an equal weighting forces an index to favor smaller, cheaper stocks—two factors known to boost long-run returns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

It was barely light outside, but the spring humidity had already seeped into their shack, weighting down their clothes.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson