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Recent Examples of tonnage
Viking Libra is classified as a small ship with a gross tonnage of 54,300 tons.
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Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
If the primetime entertainment schedule is now mostly a tonnage play, a means for older-skewing brands to reach an audience that aged out of the dollar demo 20 years ago, sports is a property that demands swift, decisive action.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Customers found glass Those two products in the original recall have been joined by 16 additional products, listed by the USDA along with their lot numbers, bringing the total tonnage of food products recalled from the United States, Canada and Mexico to 36,987,575 pounds.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
In the first days alone, Israel dropped over 2,000 bombs on Iranian targets, equal to half the tonnage of the 12-day Israel-Iran conflict in June 2025.
—Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 2 Mar. 2026
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Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
If the primetime entertainment schedule is now mostly a tonnage play, a means for older-skewing brands to reach an audience that aged out of the dollar demo 20 years ago, sports is a property that demands swift, decisive action.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Customers found glass Those two products in the original recall have been joined by 16 additional products, listed by the USDA along with their lot numbers, bringing the total tonnage of food products recalled from the United States, Canada and Mexico to 36,987,575 pounds.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
In the first days alone, Israel dropped over 2,000 bombs on Iranian targets, equal to half the tonnage of the 12-day Israel-Iran conflict in June 2025.
—Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tonnage
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The challenge is the weight, door-makers say: making sure that all that poundage is evenly distributed and that the door doesn’t end up leaning over time.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
19 Nov. 2025
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And we were limited by a poundage, and days at sea, and all these different mechanisms used to constrain the fishery.—
Dan Morrison,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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If finalized, the move could impact telehealth firms that rely on outsourcing facilities to produce these drugs in bulk, while bolstering Novo and Lilly's efforts against unauthorized versions that are eating into sales of their blockbuster treatments.—
Mariam Sunny,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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This lightweight scarf adds instant personality without bulk.—
Samantha Leal,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Apr. 2026
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By integrating turbine and ramjet technologies, a concept dating back to the end of World War II, the scientists removed the inactive deadweight and simplified the model.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
31 Mar. 2026
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The university that once promised to buoy scientific aspirations now feels like a deadweight.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Tonnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tonnage. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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