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One way to measure is calculating biomass, which refers to plant life by weight but is complicated to do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
William’s light sweetening of corn flakes was modest compared with today’s cereals, many of which are as much as 50% sugar by weight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Total Market Index, which makes it the index’s 106th largest security by weight.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026
As they form, their materials separate by weight.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026
He suggested that when elements were arranged by weight they appeared to repeat certain properties–in a sense to harmonize–at every eighth place along the scale.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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