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as in massive
having great weight
that's a pretty hefty book bag for a tiny person like you
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as in large
of a size greater than average of its kind
received a hefty donation from the local business association for holiday lights along Main Street
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as in powerful
strongly and heavily built
hefty since childhood, he became a champion wrestler
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Recent Examples of hefty
This hyper-sugary blend features a hefty dose of marshmallow and warm vanilla, with floral orange blossom and honeysuckle cutting through the sweetness.
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Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 7 Mar. 2026
Separately, Baidu, struggling to generate growth from its hefty AI investments, last week reported a 42% fall in quarterly profit.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 6 Mar. 2026
For a couple of years in the late 1970s, Harley-Davidson made a café racer called the XLCR, which featured singular styling quite unlike the company's hefty choppers.
—New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2026
The Oilers paid a hefty price for forwards Jason Dickinson and Colton Dach and got defenseman Connor Murphy in a separate deal with Chicago.
—ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
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Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 7 Mar. 2026
Separately, Baidu, struggling to generate growth from its hefty AI investments, last week reported a 42% fall in quarterly profit.
—Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 6 Mar. 2026
For a couple of years in the late 1970s, Harley-Davidson made a café racer called the XLCR, which featured singular styling quite unlike the company's hefty choppers.
—New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2026
The Oilers paid a hefty price for forwards Jason Dickinson and Colton Dach and got defenseman Connor Murphy in a separate deal with Chicago.
—ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hefty
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There are plenty of common spaces to lounge about in, from the bar to the restaurant (Macondo, which feels like a massive, beachy living room) to the beach cabanas.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Mar. 2026
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Both massive aircraft can act as the president’s emergency operations hub in times of national security threats, such as a nuclear war.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Employers pared back hiring last year to cope with Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’ payroll tax rises and large increases in the minimum wage.—
Irina Anghel,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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The new report adds to a growing body of work that indicates climate change is having a quicker and larger impact on the planet than scientists have understood.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Yet launching a conversation around mental health with an audience magnet as powerful as Radcliffe is on balance an excellent thing.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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But generating stable and powerful light in this region has proven difficult because most materials strongly absorb it.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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The surge in costs for oil and natural gas is pushing fuel prices higher, cascading through other industries and jolting Asian economies that are especially vulnerable due to the region’s heavy reliance on imports from the Middle East.—
Alex Veiga,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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The plan even included transporting heavy equipment, such as bulldozers, in case buried nuclear material had to be excavated.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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The attendance figure broke a club record for the Paradise, and part of that came from a sizable AC Boise section of fans who chanted and cheered throughout the game.—
Amaia Gavica,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Mar. 2026
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These fees are to be used to pay a sizable chunk of the entry fee into the MAC, with the university then being able to keep them thereafter.—
Michael McGough,
Sacbee.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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With Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark looking on, Hermann Maier wins the giant slalom for his 13th victory this season, equaling one of the mightiest alpine skiing records.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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And fans showered praise on the Longhorns for one of the most comprehensive beatdowns laid on the mighty Gamecocks of the past few seasons.—
American Statesman sports desk,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Mar. 2026
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Aiden Robbins took the most substantial swing of the night in that inning, driving a two-run, back-side home run to right field.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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Young described the difference as substantial, enough rain to make the small blades of grass stand up enough for putts to hold their line.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Bright and early the next morning, Mustapha Abdelfatah, a bespectacled translator-chaperone, and a beefy driver-bodyguard named Slimane Labaoui, who, in a bit of cross-cultural typecasting, played a warrior in Gladiator, met me in the forecourt of Dar Ahlam.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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They’re taught from an early age to avoid the beefy part of the strike zone.—
Kevin Sherrington
Mar. 9,
Dallas Morning News,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Hefty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hefty. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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