as in extremely
to a great degree
heavily spiced sausage the family was heavily in debt
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Recent Examples of heavily
Many rely heavily on cloud platforms to store and organize customer information.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Indiana’s approach depends heavily on mayoral control and alignment between city and state leaders — conditions that don’t exist here.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
The report, which examined skills gaps in the industry and found many to be predicting layoffs in the near future, focused heavily on AI and its adoption in film and TV.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
Carolina’s front office and coaching staff are heavily invested in a culture of players who love the game.
—Mike Kaye
april 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
Indiana’s approach depends heavily on mayoral control and alignment between city and state leaders — conditions that don’t exist here.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
The report, which examined skills gaps in the industry and found many to be predicting layoffs in the near future, focused heavily on AI and its adoption in film and TV.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
Carolina’s front office and coaching staff are heavily invested in a culture of players who love the game.
—Mike Kaye
april 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavily
Adverb
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These special releases can be extremely valuable, especially if only a small batch is issued.—
Nina Derwin,
Martha Stewart,
30 Apr. 2026
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The innermost region of any solar system, closest to the parent star, will be extremely hot and subject to large amounts of radiation.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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This highly economical approach enabled her to foreground editing techniques and video effects, as well as color and sound mixing.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Because hair treatment products often take a few months to begin showing results, these customers are expected to be highly loyal.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
Adverb
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However, the path to the starting lineup may not be terribly long a wait for Parker.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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All told, the destructive flooding killed at least 136 people along a several-mile stretch of the river, raising questions about how things went so terribly wrong.—
Jim Vertuno,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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This other cousin is now in her mid-70s and has always enjoyed a very luxurious life due to the business success of her father – my uncle – and our grandfather.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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With the naked eye and especially through good binoculars, its conjunction with a slender crescent moon on May 18 will be very pleasing to see.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
2 May 2026
Adverb
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And yes, in 2026, rage coming from either side of the aisle is an incredibly powerful tool for marketing.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
28 Apr. 2026
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But there’s something incredibly unnatural about the fast attention of the internet.—
Charlie Harding,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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In December, his newspaper The Washington Post, against the wishes of staffers, launched an AI podcast feature that badly regurgitates its articles, with predictably disastrous results.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
30 Apr. 2026
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The badly decomposed remains of a woman were found Wednesday evening in a dumpster near an Oakland freeway offramp, authorities said.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Overuse of ice melt products can severely stress and kill pachysandra growing along the side of a walk.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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Online adult platforms are being severely restricted these days as new laws banning materials involving adults pretending to be under 18 are put into place.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
3 May 2026
Adverb
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Kinahan’s caution came too late.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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Section Two of the 1965 Voting Rights Act aimed to prevent mapmakers from weakening the voting power of racial minorities by either packing them into one district or spreading them out across too many districts to have an impact.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Heavily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavily. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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