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as in massive
having great weight
that's a pretty hefty book bag for a tiny person like you
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as in large
of a size greater than average of its kind
received a hefty donation from the local business association for holiday lights along Main Street
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as in powerful
strongly and heavily built
hefty since childhood, he became a champion wrestler
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Recent Examples of hefty
That was enough to convince the Royals, who handed Lugo a hefty three-year contract in free agency.
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
Every win has a deeper meaning than some cool hardware and hefty prize money for the Chicago native and mother of one.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 13 Feb. 2025
Subscriber growth will also be top of mind, especially as Disney’s competitors in recent weeks have reported hefty subscriber gains.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025
In 2023, El Salvador started charging hefty transit fees to passengers from African countries who flew into its international airport.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
Every win has a deeper meaning than some cool hardware and hefty prize money for the Chicago native and mother of one.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 13 Feb. 2025
Subscriber growth will also be top of mind, especially as Disney’s competitors in recent weeks have reported hefty subscriber gains.
—Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2025
In 2023, El Salvador started charging hefty transit fees to passengers from African countries who flew into its international airport.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hefty
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The Senate's version would break it up into two pieces for the sake of speed, and the House's version would wrap it into one massive package in the hopes of squeezing it through their narrow Republican majority.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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The role of hybrid computing in areas where massive amounts of data processing are needed, including cryptography and complex simulations, will likely become more important moving forward.—
Ashish Sukhadeve,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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The homeownership gap between the two groups has seen a slight uptick since 2022, when there was only a 2.71 million difference, and the gender gap was the largest in Delaware and Connecticut, at 5.23 and 5.06 percentage points, LendingTree found.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025
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The release of over 600 Palestinians imprisoned by Israel — the largest one-day prisoner release in the ceasefire’s first phase — did not occur just after the hostage releases as expected, apparently for Israeli security consultations on Saturday evening.—
WAFAA SHURAFA,
TIME,
22 Feb. 2025
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His motivation could be to control something very powerful or just to slow down OpenAI in order to allow XAI to improve—seize the new market opportunity—or to break up OpenAI and render his competition obsolete.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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While those odds of an impact are slim, astronomers are closely tracking the space rock to uncover more details — a process that could soon involve the most powerful observatory ever launched into space.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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Julia Gomez Dinah Voyles Pulver USA TODAY Portions of Eastern states are facing heavy rain and flooding this weekend, and officials are asking people to hunker down as storms sweep through the area.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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Florida biologists captured the heaviest panther ever recorded in the state as part of a research program into the endangered animal.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
16 Feb. 2025
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Certainly, there could be negative implications to that search, yet this sizable increase might also suggest a shift to organizations that remain unwavering in their commitments to inclusion, especially for younger generations.—
Julie Kratz,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Many of the community’s prominent figures have built sizable platforms.—
David Peisner,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2025
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The project, architectural historian Lucia Allais writes, parallels the pharaonic construction of the Aswan High Dam itself, where some 25,000 workers—including 800 Soviet engineers—labored for a decade to dam the mighty river.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Feb. 2025
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Voice cast is led by Brian Cox as Helm Hammerhand, the mighty King of Rohan; Gaia Wise as his daughter Héra; and Luke Pasqualino as Wulf.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
21 Feb. 2025
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The expectation is that next-level-down officials at CMS with more conventional Republican views may have considerable discretion running the programs.—
Peter Sullivan,
Axios,
13 Feb. 2025
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Based on Forbes analysis of Robinhood’s market maker disclosures, considerable portions of Robinhood’s crypto trades are being sold to crypto trading hedge funds including Tai Mo Shan, Wolverine Trading and Wintermute.—
Javier Paz,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2025
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The bike itself has 200 millimeters of rear suspension as well as a generous front suspension, and beefy tires with lots of ground contact.—
Maggie Slepian,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Feb. 2025
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It was followed up by the bigger and beefier Octo Max, which adds some more tools to the mix.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Hefty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hefty. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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