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tonnage

[tuhn-ij] / ˈtʌn ɪdʒ /








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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

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

Counterintuitively, electrifying long routes would be harder for small ships, because they carry less tonnage for their size.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Excluding China’s launches and SpaceX’s share is closer to 70%, and the tonnage it can deliver to space exceeds that figure.

From Barron's • Dec. 15, 2025

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




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