HEAVY LIFTING Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

heavy lifting

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Definition of heavy lifting

as in drudgery

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Recent Examples of heavy lifting This isn’t Garner’s first time letting a pair of white sneakers do the heavy lifting, either. — Jill Layton, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026 The girls dropped out of school and moved to Vietnam's capital Hanoi to work long hours in a restaurant, where they were exposed to sharp tools, hot surfaces and heavy lifting. — ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026 Judge Carro, presiding over that case, in February said local prosecutors had done the heavy lifting in the dueling cases. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026 Voters are expected to do the heavy lifting of deciding whether a question preserves their favorite shopping center or bulldozes it for another data center. — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for heavy lifting

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In an interview with Fortune, Kopp described the company’s mission as freeing CFOs from the drudgery that keeps them chained to spreadsheets long after everyone else has logged off.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026
Enduring drudgery requires discipline, Bronin owns the patent on that.

— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of drudgery

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These include a severe or persistent headache, changes in vision such as blurred vision or seeing spots, pain in the upper abdomen, significant swelling of the face or hands, shortness of breath, and nausea or vomiting later in pregnancy.

— Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
But in some cases, West Nile can reach the brain and cause extreme headaches, meningitis, tremors, convulsions and paralysis.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2026

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Denver is facing a $200 million budget deficit in 2026 and has laid off 169 city workers, cut city services and left hundreds of city jobs unfilled because of the budget squeeze.

— Brian Maass, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
The court dismissed the case against her manager, who also lost his job.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of job

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Haver, author of The New York Times bestseller The New Menopause, owns six weighted vests and wears one about an hour a day during Zoom calls, treadmill walks and chores.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026
Like most neighborhood kids, Wang was obliged to help with household chores after class, especially churning soymilk by endlessly hauling his uncle’s giant stone mill around.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of chore

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Between hot weather and the grind of a long season, this is around the time of year when some of them see a dip in production.

— Mike Barner, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Surviving a 17-day grind The Brewers just completed a 17-day run that included no days off, one complete West Coast trip and part of another.

— Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of grind

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