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as in intensive
extreme in degree, power, or effect
some heavy-duty lobbying on the part of the president was necessary in order to get the bill passed
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as in powerful
having great power or influence
a group of heavy-duty politicians and other notables attended the gala
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Recent Examples of heavy-duty
Wearing a heavy-duty Hefty trash bag and with his rest periods coming in the back of a van with the heat cranked.
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Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Its 70/30 ratio also accommodates bulky winter gear like sweaters, jackets, and heavy-duty footwear.
—Jasmine Grant, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
The other is in Avon Lake, Ohio, which produces the larger and more specialized heavy-duty models.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
But this year, tariffs on materials like steel and components from China have eaten away at her margins, and an upcoming 25% tariff on heavy-duty trucks, most of which come from Canada and Mexico, threatens to cut into her business even more.
—Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Its 70/30 ratio also accommodates bulky winter gear like sweaters, jackets, and heavy-duty footwear.
—Jasmine Grant, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
The other is in Avon Lake, Ohio, which produces the larger and more specialized heavy-duty models.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
But this year, tariffs on materials like steel and components from China have eaten away at her margins, and an upcoming 25% tariff on heavy-duty trucks, most of which come from Canada and Mexico, threatens to cut into her business even more.
—Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavy-duty
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Higgins pointed out that land-intensive projects, like the Miami Freedom Park soccer stadium project, could have included housing on the premises.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire following intensive peace negotiations in Doha, Qatar, according to Reuters reporting on an announcement made by Qatar's foreign ministry early Sunday.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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One of two vice-chairmen of the commission, the general is the third-most powerful commander of the People’s Liberation Army and has been considered a close associate of President Xi Jinping, the army’s commander-in-chief.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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The powerful currents of flash floods can carry drivers off the road.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
18 Oct. 2025
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Thus, current fears reinforce a pre-existing localism, and infuse it with new and intense emotions.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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After at least half a decade of acute concern about the way that platforms such as Instagram may affect young people, as well as intense debate about how best to keep kids safe online, Meta has arrived at a label that was invented in the 1980s because parents were upset by movies such as Gremlins.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
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Elsewhere in the hotel are pieces by furniture studio Branco & Preto, founded by a group of young architects in the 1950s, and chairs by the influential Romanian-Brazilian architect Jean Gillon.—
Hannah Walhout,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Oct. 2025
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In 2010, Vought quit working for House Republicans and helped launch Heritage Action for America, an offshoot of the influential conservative think tank Heritage Foundation.—
Andy Kroll,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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But more psychologists and mental health practitioners are working to address the ways the disease—with its constant demands to manage insulin and blood glucose levels—takes a heavy toll on the mind.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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Separating a single photon has been described as a feat equivalent to differentiating between the sound of a single grain of sand falling while heavy rains and lightning strikes occur.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
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Beane, however, had better hope his incoming defensive reinforcements make a significant push to keep 2025 on the Super Bowl track.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The university’s recent efforts in using real-time analysis of digital medical records to predict sepsis, a deadly blood infection, in emergency department patients have garnered significant national attention.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Children’s Health Defense, the organization Kennedy built into one of the fiercest foes of childhood vaccines, took interest in the Idaho bill early on.—
Audrey Dutton,
ProPublica,
20 Oct. 2025
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Two-time All Pro linebacker James Harrison led a fierce Pittsburgh Steelers defense for years, winning Defensive Player of the Year in 2008.—
Matt Audilet,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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Politically, the affluence manifested in Long Island establishing itself as a bastion of the Republican Party, showing strong support for Hoover in his doomed Presidential campaign against Roosevelt.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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Since Xi Jinping assumed power in 2012, Chinese stories have increasingly included nods to Chinese nationalist (not just communist) soldiers fighting bravely, thus placing a strong, victorious, and morally righteous China at the forefront of the postwar global order.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Heavy-duty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavy-duty. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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