lightweight
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Hormone levels were measured every 20 minutes using a lightweight wearable device about the size of a mobile phone that attaches at the waist.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Light Helmets is using endorsement deals and bypassing team equipment managers to market its lightweight football helmets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 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
It will be headlined by unified super-featherweight champion Alycia Baumgardner, with the American stepping up to lightweight to face Elif Nur Turhan – on her way to a potential 2027 showdown versus Caroline Dubois.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
“So Selfridge, that lightweight, pukes” Rex Reese was saying.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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
The Huskies’ four road games in league play are against lightweights Arizona, Colorado, Oregon State and Stanford; Washington doesn’t face USC or Utah.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2021
"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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