as in weight
the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts
the brunt of the responsibility fell on her shoulders
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Recent Examples of brunt
The system is expected to start to show late Wednesday, with the brunt hitting on Thursday before tapering off Friday and into the weekend.
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Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
Workers, in particular, fear that any offloading of the burden to their employers will leave them ultimately bearing the brunt.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 9 Sep. 2025
Providers often bear the brunt, with every mispayment carrying downstream costs from staff burnout to compliance exposure and negative patient experiences.
—Charles Wong, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
With grocery costs rising, Alicia also worries about the recent cuts to Medicaid and how other foster children might bear the brunt.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 17 Aug. 2025
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Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
Workers, in particular, fear that any offloading of the burden to their employers will leave them ultimately bearing the brunt.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 9 Sep. 2025
Providers often bear the brunt, with every mispayment carrying downstream costs from staff burnout to compliance exposure and negative patient experiences.
—Charles Wong, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
With grocery costs rising, Alicia also worries about the recent cuts to Medicaid and how other foster children might bear the brunt.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 17 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brunt
Noun
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The average weight for an 11-year-old boy is over 80 lbs.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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Over-Fussing with the Menu Southerners can be guilty of always assuming there needs to be a table buckling under the weight of food, but there is no need to overthink the menu.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Aquatic nuisance species are non-native plants and animals that can cause ecological or economic harm, or even harm to human health if introduced to a body of water.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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These six full-body blankets rose to the top for heat therapy at home.—
Brigitt Earley,
Glamour,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Financial sacrifices, dilemmas loom Norfolk military families said the shutdown had heightened the stakes of their financial choices, from comparison-shopping for the cheapest toilet paper to frequenting Costco to buy in bulk.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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The experimental mode will be available to beta users in Windows Insiders in Copilot Labs, enabling Copilot to sort through your photos, extract information from PDFs, or edit files in bulk.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But Guerrero remains the core piece.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Two sources told Fortune that Amazon’s human resources division—known internally as PXT or the People eXperience Technology team—will be hard hit, but that other areas of Amazon’s core consumer business are also likely to be affected.—
Jason Del Rey,
Fortune,
15 Oct. 2025
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But Paz’s party does not hold a majority in the country’s legislature, which will force him to forge alliances to govern effectively.—
Reuters 3 min ago,
CNN Money,
20 Oct. 2025
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Denver has gone completely cold for the majority of their last 12 quarters.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Let this take some of the burden off of you.—
Kat McGowan,
NPR,
18 Oct. 2025
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The cost burden is pushed instead to families, who often find the prospects too pricey.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The aircraft did not indicate any signs of distress on approach, said Wesley Yung, the technical chief at Hong Kong’s Civil Aviation Department.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
20 Oct. 2025
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The promo confirms that Burke’s battalion chief Vince died in the memory care building fire where he, along with his wife, Cal Fire Division Chief Sharon (Diane Farr), and his father, retired battalion chief Walter Leone (Jeff Fahey), were trapped with the roof collapsing on them.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Brunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brunt. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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