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by weight
Idioms and Phrases
According to weight rather than height, volume, or some other measure. For example, In Europe bread often is sold by weight rather than by the loaf . [c. a.d. 1000]Example Sentences
Made with organic ingredients: Must contain at least 70% organic ingredients by weight.
Finally, foods that carry a label stating “Made with Organic Ingredients” must contain at least 70 percent organic ingredients by weight — but they cannot use the official seal.
For example, about 60 percent of irrigated crops by weight come from regions of the world facing high or extremely high levels of water stress.
Its analysis found that 8 percent of rain-fed crops by weight face high to extremely high levels of water unreliability, which refers to fluctuations in the annual water supply such as periods of drought and extreme precipitation events caused by climate change.
A key requirement: The content must be determined “by weight,” effectively forbidding the mathematical sleight of hand.
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