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ounce

An ounce (oz) is a unit of weight equal to 1/16 of a pound or 28.35 grams. Add 1/2 cup shaved Parmesan cheese (about 2 ounces). She was born around 5:00 a.m. this morning, weighing in at 9 pounds, 10 ounces. An ounce is a very small amount of something. He was still in great shape, with not an ounce of fat on him. She didn't show an ounce of emotion when he left. A fluid ounce (fl oz) is a unit of volume equal to 1/20 of a pint or 0.028 litres in Britain, and 1/16 of a pint or 0.030 litres in the US.

ounce

a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams (= snow leopard) large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur

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An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept.
It took Tom every ounce of courage he had to admit to Mary that he had once been part of a terrorist group.
Tom didn't give me an ounce of trouble.

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Give every ounce of strength. to win victory before the end of the year.
You're a rotter if you can spoil anyone's life who never did you an ounce of harm.
There ain't an ounce of brains in your family.
He must have weighed 250 pounds, if he weighed an ounce.
The explanation is so obvious to anyone with an ounce of brains.
And if we ever needed every ounce of allure, it's tonight.
He's not more than a fraction of an ounce out.
I can look at a hill five miles away. and tell you if it carries an ounce or a shipload.
If there was one single ounce of it, I'd have seen it, believe me.
I haven't put on one ounce in 10 years, Stella.
In turning the ship completely around every ounce of fuel will be needed to avoid crashing.
Three pence an ounce up again today.
But you haven't an ounce of proof that von Bruno had anything to do with it. No?
You spilled half an ounce of gold dust.
My, my. Every ounce as perceptive as I thought you were. Congratulations.
I've come to the conclusion you haven't an ounce of brain.
I mind that, me lad. and the dust was worth 30 shillings to the ounce.
Seven jungle giants, each one weighing not one ounce less.
Oh, I don't deny that there's certain types of hysterical feeble-minded people, who'll go under if you point your finger at them. But anyone with an ounce of character.
Why, nobody with an ounce of charac.
Mr Richards, with gold at 240 shillings per fine ounce, that particle, estimating its value at, uh,.025, would entail a loss of approximately six shillings.
Tore felt how the current got hold of him and used his last ounce of strength. to avoid falling prey to the enormous forces of nature.
What floor is Ezra Ounce on?
Why, the Ezra Ounce floor.
Did you wish to see Mr. Ezra Ounce?
Ezra Ounce is my wife's cousin.
Mr. Horace P. Hemingway of New York City to see Mr. Ounce.
Mr. Horace P. Hemingway of New York City has an appointment to see Mr. Ounce.
Cousin Ezra, that is, Mr. Ounce, sent for me to come from New York.
This is the first time that Cousin Ezra Mr. Ounce has sent for me in 20 years.
Mr. Ounce does not approve of females.
Mr. Ounce is very particular as to punctuality.
Mr. Ounce is waiting.
Yes, Mr. Ounce?

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For example, Stephen Harmston's oft-cited 1998 study points to anecdotal evidence that an ounce of gold bought 350 loaves of bread in the time of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, who died in 562 BC.
There, the prospect of recovering a fraction of an ounce of gold or platinum entices communities to discount heavily the toxic risks and health effects of chronic exposure.

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