metric
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"We expect that Starship V3 will be able to carry a payload of 100 metric tons, with future generations of Starship being designed to double this payload," it added.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Participating companies must surrender one carbon allowance for each metric ton of CO₂-equivalent they produce.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The new version of Starship is designed to carry 100 metric tons to low-Earth orbit, compared with about 23 metric tons for the company’s workhorse Falcon 9 vehicle.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Now, those same companies are struggling to survive in an era where consumers are becoming laser-focused on one shopping metric — price.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
The current best estimate for Earth’s weight is 5.9725 billion trillion metric tons, a difference of only about 1 percent from Cavendish’s finding.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing metric
This Week in Pop Culture: December 8 -14, 2018
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Measurement and Data, List 2
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This Week in Words: Current Events Vocab for October 2–October 8, 2021
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