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overweight

[oh-ver-weyt, oh-ver-weyt, oh-ver-weyt] / ˈoʊ vərˈweɪt, ˈoʊ vərˌweɪt, ˌoʊ vərˈweɪt /


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The drug is targeted adults living with obesity or overweight, without type 2 diabetes, and adults with overweight or obesity with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

May 28: We see numerous reasons to continue to overweight Japan equities.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

A bridge in north Wales has closed three times in about 24 hours after suspected overweight vehicles crossed it, causing traffic disruption.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

TA Securities maintains an overweight rating on the Malaysian utilities sector, pegging Tenaga Nasional, Samaiden, Malakoff and Ranhill Utilities as top picks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Her skin was already beginning to react to the grass cuttings stuck to the ball, whose sogginess was suddenly explained by the overweight Labrador who now limped into view.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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