HEAVY LIFTING Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

heavy lifting

noun

Definition of heavy lifting

as in drudgery

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Recent Examples of heavy lifting Lynne Goldberg, meditation teacher and co-founder of the Breethe meditation app, told Real Simple that these pauses do the heavy lifting. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026 In this, a lot of the heavy lifting is done, and all three artists are left to ride the smooth beat. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026 Small did a lot of the heavy lifting, but the Horned Frogs also got meaningful contributions from junior tight end Kari Ashley and sophomore receiver Jacobe Hayes. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2026 Much in the way Campbell has never made a stank face during a guitar solo, the ever-stoic Stapleton hides behind a big beard and searching eyes, and lets his big voice do the heavy lifting. — Adam Gold, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for heavy lifting

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Noun

My daily routine of placing a half dozen or so wagers of $5 to $20 feels more like drudgery than fun.

— Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Sep. 2026
Worse, some of us are offloading the drudgery of writing recommendation letters, grant proposals, and even scientific papers to AI.

— Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of drudgery

Noun

For anyone living in a household where someone snores, wakes up with headaches or drags through the day, Jack Black’s candid podcast conversation about his CPAP machine offers a familiar reference point.

— Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
People infected with typhus typically develop symptoms within one to two weeks, which may include a fever, headache, rash and body aches.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of headache

Noun

The loss came as such clashes are increasing, with climate change and urban sprawl bringing people closer to bears, mountain lions and other animals.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
As the fight between market bulls and bears over the direction of the S & P 500 index intensifies, the bears could prevail, according to global financial services firm BTIG.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of bear

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The strikes marked a sharp escalation in fighting between the two South Asian countries and risked further complicating international efforts to ease tensions between Islamabad and Kabul.

— MUNIR AHMED, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
Faxon contends that the documents were necessary to argue against the state’s effort to dismiss the claim.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of effort

Noun

If your job or business uses a bill counter continuously and all day, triple-check that it’s rated for continuous and constant use.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
Hiring remains well below the 166,000 monthly jobs created, on average, in 2023 and 2024, and the 491,000 a month recorded during the 2021-2022 hiring boom that followed COVID-19 lockdowns.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of job

Noun

But the first month of the season was a grind for the defending Big 12 champions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Fewer moving parts generally means fewer things to fix, which matters most during the flight-hour-heavy grind of pilot training, exactly the phase where costs pile up fastest.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026

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