as in heavy
one of high position or importance within a group
many of the heavy hitters in the wine industry were boozing and schmoozing at the expo
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Recent Examples of heavy hitter
Amazon is known to be a heavy hitter in Black Friday sales.
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Pia Singh, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2024
But he’s quickly established himself as a heavy hitter in the industry, filming for brands like U.S. Ski & Snowboard, Red Bull, Burton, Oakley, Ikon Pass, Columbia, Woodward, Anon Optics and more.
—Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Korean content has proven to be an all-around heavy hitter for the platform globally.
—Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
In a Detroit gospel world packed with heavy hitters, Clark is a standout who helped invent the modern sound — a multifaceted and influential musician, singer and songwriter responsible for some of the genre’s most notable work in the past half-century.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
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Pia Singh, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2024
But he’s quickly established himself as a heavy hitter in the industry, filming for brands like U.S. Ski & Snowboard, Red Bull, Burton, Oakley, Ikon Pass, Columbia, Woodward, Anon Optics and more.
—Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Korean content has proven to be an all-around heavy hitter for the platform globally.
—Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
In a Detroit gospel world packed with heavy hitters, Clark is a standout who helped invent the modern sound — a multifaceted and influential musician, singer and songwriter responsible for some of the genre’s most notable work in the past half-century.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavy hitter
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Pace is essentially the heavy of the movie, playing the brutal chief hunter for the network airing the game shows and tasked by the producer with tracking down Powell’s character.Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
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His heavies answered the call, putting on an impressive blocking scheme that freed Franklin quite often.Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Nov. 2024
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So not only has Zubac evolved into one of the premier defensive bigs, but his level of discipline as a rim protector should be recognized when making decisions about All-Defensive Team selections.Shane Young, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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In overtime, both teams traded baskets to start, but hoops eventually gave way to hysteria when Memphis bigs Moussa Cisse and Dain Dainja got into an altercation with UConn big Samson Johnson, bringing both benches to the brink of clearing.Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
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There’s tons of in-your-face werewolf action, big guns and lots of blood and guts in this throwback flick that would feel right at home in a drive-in double feature.William Earl, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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Los Angeles scored against Colorado’s top line, but the Avs’ big guns got that one back at 3:40 of the period.Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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Besides the first day of KHSAA state football finals on Friday, there was a big boys basketball tilt involving No. 4 Male and No. 3 Trinity.Rich Barak, The Courier-Journal, 7 Dec. 2024
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One thing Green Bay hasn't done, though, is beat the NFL’s big boys.Rob Reischel, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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One of the teachers at Abbott, Jacob (played by Chris Perfetti), paid homage to Sajak with his costume, which even included a big wheel.Kayla Caldwell, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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The original penny-farthing bicycle had a big wheel up front with a smaller one out at the back, and was also known as a high-wheel cycle.New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Heavy hitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavy%20hitter. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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