as in extremely
to a great degree
heavily spiced sausage the family was heavily in debt
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Recent Examples of heavily
Travel from nearly 20 countries has been either banned or heavily restricted.
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Eve Chen, USA Today, 26 June 2025
In recent years, airlines have invested heavily in their frequent flier lounges.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
However, Gibbons indicated the company plans to focus more heavily on direct-to-consumer retail subscriptions going forward.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 June 2025
After winning the 2025 NBA Finals as one of the youngest championship-winning teams in league history, the Thunder are unsurprisingly heavily favored to win it all, again, in 2026.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
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Eve Chen, USA Today, 26 June 2025
In recent years, airlines have invested heavily in their frequent flier lounges.
—Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
However, Gibbons indicated the company plans to focus more heavily on direct-to-consumer retail subscriptions going forward.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 June 2025
After winning the 2025 NBA Finals as one of the youngest championship-winning teams in league history, the Thunder are unsurprisingly heavily favored to win it all, again, in 2026.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavily
Adverb
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While both the House and Senate bills proposed language that was extremely harmful to the pass-through entity community, the final Senate bill passed made significant modifications that will encourage continued investments via pass through entities.—
Lynn Mucenski Keck,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Her long, dark hair was messily waved, hanging past her shoulders like a shawl, while her eyebrows were shaved extremely thin, leaving little room for any expression other than a sly smile.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
Adverb
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This suggests that the issues that may have caused both the engines to fail likely occurred at nearly the same moment— a highly unusual scenario, experts said.—
Mika Gröndahl,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Both can shoot 10-bit 4K video at 60 frames per second (fps) (or 120 fps for slow-motion playback), with the larger wide-angle sensor also offering an impressive 14 stops of dynamic range and highly impressive low-light capabilities.—
Sam Kieldsen,
Wired News,
27 June 2025
Adverb
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But from the first breath, Roxy sensed something was terribly wrong.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
24 June 2025
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Then in April 2021, Granda’s plan to escape went terribly wrong.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025
Adverb
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The problem with Canadian nationalism is that Canada is very new.—
Stephen Marche,
The Atlantic,
1 July 2025
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One place the Padres desperately need to upgrade is the outfield, but there aren't very many quality outfielders expected to be on the market.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
Adverb
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Both Marlins righties are incredibly talented and expected to be available at the trade deadline.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 June 2025
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Immigrants also tend to be incredibly entrepreneurial.—
Adam A. Millsap,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
Adverb
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But the work serving the current populations can be arduous and challenging – demonstrated here as the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) team can be seen springing into action after a rhino reacted badly to anesthesia.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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And Israel's international reputation has been badly tarnished by the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the huge number of Palestinian civilian deaths in the territory.—
Greg Myre,
NPR,
28 June 2025
Adverb
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Furthermore, the definition of disabled is often too narrow: more than one third of non-working adults classified as able-bodied by SNAP report having a disability that impedes their ability to work.—
Emily Eisner,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2025
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People who rely on Medicaid access and funds for federal food aid would come out on the short end of the stick under the plan, too.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
29 June 2025
Adverb
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As [Israeli] Prime Minister Netanyahu has said, the Iranian leaders are so hated by their own people, have so failed to deliver positive results for their own people, that that might be the end of this.—
Quinn Scanlan,
ABC News,
22 June 2025
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Strong winds are occurring but are not so strong as to warrant a High wind warning.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
22 June 2025
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“Heavily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavily. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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