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tonnage

noun as in cargo

noun as in fleet

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Example Sentences

The exact tonnage of the San Gabriel Mountains, which frame Dodger Stadium in Chavez Ravine, has never been measured.

It was a key reason why the half million U.S. soldiers and massive bomb tonnage could not achieve decisive military victory.

On the negative side, the sheer tonnage of opinions can overwhelm and cause a degree of amnesia.

His death is not commensurate with the tonnage of human suffering he caused.

The tonnage entered in Philippine ports shows a rapid annual increase in five years.

Old and new measurements, tonnage, time allowances and movable ballast, are all a sealed book to me.

These vessels, indeed, were of no considerable tonnage; but I confess myself at a loss to guess their object.

This was owing to there still being a tonnage class, A, B and C, the new rating and the length classes.

The object of handicaps is to get sport amongst craft of varied tonnage, class, and build, by giving time allowance.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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