weight
noun
the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
weights
Example Sentences
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Publicans serve it in pints—a system of weights and measures, then, much like that in the unseen foreign parts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
News adjusted its scoring weights for the new rankings to mirror growing concerns over affordability in the United States.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
"When we apply the model weights to historical simulations, we completely eliminated the positive bias," said lead author Crystal Fu, from Cambridge's Scott Polar Research Institute.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
His boss's Instagram page now features videos of the former prime minister lifting weights to rap music, or chatting with Shalev in the street.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
There was a scraping as everyone drew their cauldrons toward them and some loud clunks as people began adding weights to their scales, but nobody spoke.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
