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Recent Examples of heavy lifting
Alongside what appear to be modest improvements in camera hardware, the Snapdragon 8 Elite will do most of the heavy lifting to bring significant improvements in AI, features, camera quality and overall performance to the Galaxy S25 range.
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Paul Monckton, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
One of the co-owners of the factory used to hang around the studio and hired a handful of rappers, producers, and graffiti writers to do the heavy lifting in the back.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 14 Feb. 2025
Rather than getting your hands dirty to clean the can, let a dishwasher pod or tablet do the heavy lifting.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2025
Tools can do the heavy lifting when writing report summaries or building decks, which saves time for strategizing, mystery shopping other brands or anything else that pushes the brand forward.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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Paul Monckton, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
One of the co-owners of the factory used to hang around the studio and hired a handful of rappers, producers, and graffiti writers to do the heavy lifting in the back.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 14 Feb. 2025
Rather than getting your hands dirty to clean the can, let a dishwasher pod or tablet do the heavy lifting.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2025
Tools can do the heavy lifting when writing report summaries or building decks, which saves time for strategizing, mystery shopping other brands or anything else that pushes the brand forward.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavy lifting
Noun
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However, like the original, it’s also grounded in the paranoia, compromises, and drudgery that are the handmaidens of intelligence work.—
Andy Meek,
airmail.news,
23 Nov. 2024
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Lots of factors seem to underpin the sense of drudgery and potential depression.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Both conditions also involve symptoms outside the intestines, such as headaches or brain fog.5 Only celiac disease involves symptoms related to malnutrition, which occurs because the small intestine is damaged.—
Sarah Bence,
Health,
28 Feb. 2025
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Less frequent side effects can include chest discomfort, weakness, headache, rhinitis, hypoglycemia and vitamin B12 deficiency (with long-term metformin use).—
Leslie Baumann,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2025
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Then there was the way Niecy Nash Betts delivered a poetic tribute to her friend Taylor, lauding the multifaceted artist for her talent as an actor, musician, choreographer and more; for her resilience amid personal strife; and, of course, for her killer body.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2025
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This is unnerving, especially after reports begin circulating of a serial killer targeting women her age.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Wildlife enthusiasts will enjoy spotting moose, bears and bald eagles, particularly in the early mornings or late evenings.—
Andrea Agostni Ferrer,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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One of the very not-generic spaces for the rent: Note the taxidermy bear and double pianos.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
25 Feb. 2025
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This boycott arrives amid a national conversation about diversity initiatives, with several major companies scaling back their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
28 Feb. 2025
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The period from July, 1957, to December, 1958, was designated the International Geophysical Year, a global scientific effort to understand the Earth and its environment.—
Bill McKibben,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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Another was fired just a month into her job after relocating more than 1,700 miles to take it.—
Zac Anderson,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Some may return to work, but the lack of job stability under an administration that has said its goal is to shrink the federal workforce may prompt some to start looking for new jobs in the private sector, the source said.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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This makes sense, given the fact that the Clone is designed to perform household chores such as doing laundry, washing dishes, preparing simple meals and yes, vacuuming carpets.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
20 Feb. 2025
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Expect that humankind will finally be relieved of the woeful chore of everyday toil and be freer to be imaginative and creative.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Lombard said learning about the everyday grind of the baseball season opened his eyes.—
Brendan Kuty,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article Heading into a top-10 nonconference battle with South Carolina on Sunday, UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma knew that returning to the grind of Big East play after the high-octane matchup would be a challenging task, win or lose.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Heavy lifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavy%20lifting. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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