tonnage
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In 2023 and 2024, freight loadings from U.S. rail connections in Canada represented an average 12% of total rail tonnage each month, but this fell to an average 10.4% in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Measured another way: Canada in 2016 ranked sixth globally in total deadweight tonnage at its ports; in 2023, Canada ranked 23rd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Given the sheer tonnage of Russian machinery still at the launchpad, it appears there is an enormous job ahead.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
The total number of such larger sites is likely to be higher, as the Environment Agency has previously told the BBC it does not hold data on tonnage for every illegal tip.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
A mere dozen species account for over 80 percent of the modern world’s annual tonnage of all crops.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing tonnage
The Constitution of the United States
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"A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -age
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