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 And then this genius, Roberto Beragnoli who was the AI artist, did the heavy lifting. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026 What Makes This Recipe Great Pecorino Romano cheese and Italian seasoning do a lot of the heavy lifting in this recipe. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2026 Spring and fall often require the most heavy lifting, since mild temperatures support tasks like reseeding, aeration, fertilizing, and more. — The Spruce, 25 Aug. 2026 Just as people lost navigation and memorization skills with modern inventions, bankers risk losing analytical abilities if algorithms handle all the heavy lifting, Churchman said. — Hugh Son, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for heavy lifting

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Co-creators Greg Daniels and Michael Koman spun the Peacock series out of the universe of The Office, transferring Oscar Nuñez’s accountant Oscar, as well as the general vibe of workplace drudgery, to a dying Toledo newspaper.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
Fuller’s ideas are hard to summarize, but always seem to reach toward a utopian vision of escaping the drudgery of everyday life.

— Christopher Cox, Vanity Fair, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of drudgery

Noun

Brighton sold Carlos Baleba to Manchester United in August in a deal worth up to £70m, and also losing Ayari during the summer window would have been a headache for the head coach.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Pay for the features that reduce headaches After 1,700 miles, that might have been the biggest lesson.

— Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of headache

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The use of an ECG alone has detection levels of up to 85 per cent, but some studies suggest an even greater rate for what are known as ‘silent killers’, where the vast majority display no symptoms before cardiac arrest.

— Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Shortly after Hollander was identified as the assumed killer, the rest of his car was searched and police started to suspect him in another murder case with similar details.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of killer

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Russian drones targeted roadside gas stations in Kyiv for a second straight day Friday, as Moscow broadened its air war in what Ukrainian officials say is an effort to rattle civilians.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
Revenue surges Founded in 2018, Enflame is building AI processors as China looks to boost its efforts in model building amid major capability gains from domestic developers.

— Kai Nicol-Schwarz,Jenny Lee,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of effort

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Jeffrey Katzenberg, then a studio executive at Paramount Pictures, hand-picked the Happy Days star for the job, but at the time, Winkler had a bad feeling about accepting it.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
And Kyle was doing a great job of dialing up the right play calls.

— Vic Tafur, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of job

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Well, the guys who have been through that grind many times over — Mahomes (10 training camps with Reid), Travis Kelce (14) and Chris Jones (11) — say this training camp was unlike any of those past iterations.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
Even college baseball — with its shorter schedule and regular off days — is no stand-in for the grind of a minor league season, which includes at least twice as many games as an elite NCAA program plays in a year.

— Chad Jennings, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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