weight
noun
the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
weights
Example Sentences
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“I’m not comfortable living in a world in which open weights do not exist.”
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
Because the underlying physical processes controlling sea ice remain consistent across different climate conditions, the team could apply these same weights to simulations of both the recent past and the future.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
He really is getting faster in the middle of the season by lifting weights, stretching and working out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Among the most interesting of all the artifacts that were recovered was a large set of sixty stone balance-pan weights used by merchants to balance their scales as they measured out the goods they sold.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
