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Examples
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Associated Press Chrysler this year introduced its new Pentastar, a light-weight, six-cylinder engine, for its Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Journey.
Pendulum Swings Back Toward Detroit Jeff Bennett 2011
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Even a very light-weight laptop would be too big; she wouldn't be able to balance it, and a telephone would be a new OS to learn plus you really can't browse on them.
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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I think the main benefit of the light-weight move was to force designers to eliminate the extra ounces that served no purpose.
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For Ms. Macklowe, that gave her the idea she should start a new brand of light-weight, "modern," "fragrance-free" products that were "high-end luxury" but also "affordable."
Swapping Finance for Facial Products Marshall Heyman 2011
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Even the light-weight hardened aluminum blades with ceramic edges had difficulty with parting the vegetation, and the going was slow.
Around a Sun Named Inferno Hugh Barlow 2011
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I think the main benefit of the light-weight move was to force designers to eliminate the extra ounces that served no purpose.
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Then in 1968, Governor George Romney, an honorable man thought of a something of a light-weight, committed the gaffe of truth a nod to Michael Kinsley when he said that he had been wrong about the Vietnam War because he had been "brainwashed" by the generals during a visit there.
Mark Green: Her Candidacy Is Over -- Palin's "Brainwashing" and "Joe Welch" Moment Mark Green 2011
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Then in 1968, Governor George Romney, an honorable man thought of a something of a light-weight, committed the gaffe of truth a nod to Michael Kinsley when he said that he had been wrong about the Vietnam War because he had been "brainwashed" by the generals during a visit there.
Mark Green: Her Candidacy Is Over -- Palin's "Brainwashing" and "Joe Welch" Moment Mark Green 2011
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Then in 1968, Governor George Romney, an honorable man thought of a something of a light-weight, committed the gaffe of truth a nod to Michael Kinsley when he said that he had been wrong about the Vietnam War because he had been "brainwashed" by the generals during a visit there.
Mark Green: Her Candidacy Is Over -- Palin's "Brainwashing" and "Joe Welch" Moment Mark Green 2011
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It was made of light-weight protective material that had cost a fortune, its fabrication highly guarded by the Doman witch Matriarchs and their scien engineers.
G'lder Curtis Hox 2011
sparklya commented on the word light-weight
A person or thing of little importance, profundity, or intelligence
May 2, 2008
dontcry commented on the word light-weight
A person who can't hold their liquor.
May 2, 2008