heck

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Recent Examples of heck Of course, attaining AGI is a heck of a reason and serves as a lofty banner that keeps everyone working on this problem day and night. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025 But the task gets a heck of a lot easier if a couple of them warm up. Tim Britton, New York Times, 31 May 2025 Needing no introduction, Toyota Motor Co. has done one heck of a job recently in its SUV and truck market. Marc D. Grasso, Boston Herald, 29 May 2025 So that's what obviously made everybody wonder what the heck happened. Christine Pelisek, People.com, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for heck
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heck
Noun
  • Season two saw Valerie cast in an HBO project about the sitcom writer who made her life hell in season one, earning widespread acclaim professionally even as her personal life was falling apart.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
  • There’s more pressing current affairs to attend to right now, and hell, there’s a new Lorde album to bop to.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The narrow streets bend, wrap back on themselves, and otherwise create directional havoc.
    Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2025
  • The consent decree clears a major hurdle for the Omnicom-IPG deal, with the companies seeking to merge as artificial intelligence prepares to wreck havoc across the industry.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • Similarly, homeowners who enjoy entertaining might prioritize a scullery or prep kitchen/pantry to keep the party mess out of view.
    Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 26 June 2025
  • Life in Weisshorn is a mess of lies and trauma, and Nel’s ready to break out.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.
    Lizzie Wade, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
  • Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 14 Feb. 2025

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“Heck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heck. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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