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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
But those later eras did much to muddy the historical waters, and this setting now comes with a hefty load of baggage.
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Olivia Waite, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Sinner could have played in the tournament and collected a hefty appearance fee, since the sport’s ruling bodies don’t sanction the event, but that would have been considered poor form.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
This dip begs for a hefty or crinkle-cut chip to scoop and carry a generous heap to your mouth.
—Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
Students can end up owing money directly to their college or university — sometimes hefty sums — through parking fees, library fines or meal plans.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 24 Feb. 2025
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Olivia Waite, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Sinner could have played in the tournament and collected a hefty appearance fee, since the sport’s ruling bodies don’t sanction the event, but that would have been considered poor form.
—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
This dip begs for a hefty or crinkle-cut chip to scoop and carry a generous heap to your mouth.
—Lynda Balslev, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
Students can end up owing money directly to their college or university — sometimes hefty sums — through parking fees, library fines or meal plans.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 24 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 guys wrapped their massive The Last Goodbye tour last July, with the run (named for their 2022 album) spanning 54 shows at 48 venues throughout North America, including headlining sets at festivals like Governors Ball and Bonnaroo.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
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 Cavaliers ended the first quarter on a 31-20 run and built a lead as large as 42 over the Eastern Conference’s No. 3 seed.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2025
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Each small model can handle one or more tasks, and the result will be an elaborate and powerful digital sentience that can handle a wide range of projects.—
John Werner,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The film’s effect on the perception of Brazil’s powerful military has been something of a virtuous circle: the political mood powers the popularity of the movie, and the movie in turn powers the political mood.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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There was a heavy police presence, with state troopers stationed around the rotunda.—
Hannah Fingerhut,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
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The three tribes had to work together over a long and complicated obstacle course that involved pulling a sled full of puzzle pieces, moving heavy sandbags, pulling the sled up a steep incline and solving a giant puzzle.—
Emily DeLetter,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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It is helped by being a sizable company with 24,000 employees and a large gas sales and trading business that accounts for about a third of the Austrian commercial market.—
Stanley Reed,
New York Times,
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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For perspective, Super Micro experienced considerable volatility in 2024, surging to over $114 per share earlier in the year before crashing by over 80% at one point due to multiple questions relating to its accounting, corporate governance, and delayed filing of its financial results.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Aoun seeks to strengthen ties with the U.S., which already provides considerable support to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) through financial aid, weapons supplies, and training programs.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 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 5 Mar. 2025.
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