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as in heaviness
the state or quality of being heavy
the weightiness of the bookcase made it difficult to move
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as in importance
the quality or state of being important
first judged the weightiness of a case before deciding to hear it
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for weightiness
Noun
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Investors are valuing OpenAI as essential infrastructure (not a startup anymore), considered to be in the same league as cloud computing or semiconductors, highlighting the strategic importance of foundational AI models.—
Elena Volotovskaya,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025 -
Weyman didn’t have long to prepare for the massive character milestone, but emphasized the importance of dialect to his portrayal of the Grey Wanderer.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
9 June 2025
Noun
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These drinks were likely of social, religious and medical significance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
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Leverage Local Influencers Local influencers are able to reveal the value and significance of a domestic product.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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After the temporary tariff relief on Chinese imports into the U.S. resulted in a 50-percent one-week surge in bookings for Hapag-Lloyd on the trade route between countries, container flow accelerated even further in the weeks after.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
9 June 2025
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Under the agreement, the US temporarily lowered its overall tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 30%, while China cut its levies on American imports from 125% to 10%.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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There are a few mildly funny moments, such as Garfield suddenly finding out he’s been wearing a collar and tag the whole time, hidden under his furry avoirdupois.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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To make the most of the full fury of its hot-cam performance, the Integra was trimmed of 140 pounds of not-so-necessary avoirdupois.—
Barry Winfield,
Car and Driver,
21 May 2020
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However, Bespoke noted that stocks' climb of around 20% is relatively small compared to historical performance in the aftermath of slides of this magnitude in the VIX.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
10 June 2025
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Although China is just one of the dozens of countries slapped with tariffs on its exports, the magnitude of products flowing from the country to the U.S. gives it a more outsized role on the trade lane and at the Port of Los Angeles itself.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
9 June 2025
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This would allow electricity to be purchased in bulk when the price drops and purchases would be avoided when the price is high.—
David Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
3 June 2025
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Bischoff’s is famous for creating prop animals for films, but now a bulk of its taxidermy requests come from bereaved pet owners.—
Jessie Schiewe,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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Jamie Moraga, Franklin Revere NO: Increasing density isn’t the solution and could cause unintended consequences, such as overburdening infrastructure, eroding property values and diminishing community character.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2025
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Such an explicit carve-out in legal doctrine is striking but responds directly to claims made by litigants and political commentators of the dire economic consequences that could result were the president to have free rein over the Federal Reserve’s chairman.—
Claire B. Wofford,
The Conversation,
13 June 2025
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“Weightiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weightiness. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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