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
  • The voices in Brian’s head – and a resurrection While bringing to life many of the band’s iconic songs, Wilson was also plunging deep into his personal hell, taking drugs including hashish, amphetamines and LSD.
    Christina Maxouris, CNN Money, 11 June 2025
  • Here, The Athletic spoke to some of the team’s long-distance supporters who make the journey through rain or shine, hell or high water, to Villa Park… Jay White lives on the Isle of Wight.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 10 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
  • In the wacky political world of Southeast Los Angeles County — where scandals seem to bloom every year with the regularity of jacarandas — there’s never been a mess as pendejo as the one stirred up this week by Cudahy Vice Mayor Cynthia Gonzalez.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 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 30 Jun. 2025.

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