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Recent Examples of tonnage
The enlarged company provides productions with a kind of one-stop shop to make everything cleaner on set, avoiding all that waste and CO2 tonnage.
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Allison Begalman, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
The vessels will pay a fee based on their net tonnage, which measures the total space on a ship for carrying cargo.
—New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
The new fee charges are based on the net tonnage of a vessel.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
Two of the sources said the administration is weighing a charge based on the tonnage of unloaded vessels rather than a flat rate.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Allison Begalman, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
The vessels will pay a fee based on their net tonnage, which measures the total space on a ship for carrying cargo.
—New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
The new fee charges are based on the net tonnage of a vessel.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2025
Two of the sources said the administration is weighing a charge based on the tonnage of unloaded vessels rather than a flat rate.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tonnage
Noun
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The sale, typically only run in January, gives customers a discount based on the poundage of their book.—
Ashley Fredde,
Idaho Statesman,
7 May 2025
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The decrease is attributed to a reduction in poundage sold.—
Quartz Bot,
Quartz,
14 Nov. 2024
Noun
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This would allow electricity to be purchased in bulk when the price drops and purchases would be avoided when the price is high.—
David Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
3 June 2025
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Bischoff’s is famous for creating prop animals for films, but now a bulk of its taxidermy requests come from bereaved pet owners.—
Jessie Schiewe,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Losing that 200 pounds of deadweight has freed me up to focus on advancing my career.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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Losing that 200 pounds of deadweight freed me up to focus on advancing my career.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Tonnage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tonnage. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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