featherweight
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Case in point: the featherweight quilted Celestia jacket with a highly reflective shell that, according to the designer, “comes alive with motion.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
But The Hollywood Reporter describes the film as "pretty polished and as featherweight as a fawning magazine puff piece".
From BBC • May 1, 2026
Movsar Evloev put a huge dent in Lerone Murphy's featherweight title dream as the Russian secured a majority decision victory at UFC London.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
Both Chefs Huang and O’Brien described the cut as “more forgiving” than white meat, which has made it popular among professional chefs and featherweight home cooks alike.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
What Cavendish was trying to do was measure gravity at this extremely featherweight level.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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