hefty
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But this industry has also introduced ultraprocessed foods, which now make up a hefty portion of the 21st-century American diet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Volkswagen's "workers have already to accept hefty and painful cuts and now are getting another slap in the face," Christiane Benner told the Wirtschaftswoche weekly.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Now, there are a handful of other AI companies capturing investor attention as they rake in hefty profits.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
The computational and informational resources involved in these calculations are hefty.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
It was $600 in all, a hefty sum in 1915—plus the surcharge for interest.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
Khosla’s latest purchase comes with a much heftier price tag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
We’re facing problems heftier than choosing whether to watch a morally dubious show about a magical boy and his friends.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2026
Heading into this year, some Wall Street analysts expected heftier tax refunds as a result of President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act to free up consumer spending.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 30, 2026
The financial services sector, more closely tied to Tricolor, a subprime auto lender, makes up a heftier 8%.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
People were everywhere; some working in the quarry itself, others scattered about the hillside; the heftier among the men splitting boulders, the women and children chipping fragments off the larger stones.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
The heftiest chunk of her pay comes from a nontaxable stipend travel nurses earn to cover their living expenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Consuming such large amounts of food can lead to massive weight increases, with the spring cubs like 806 Jr seeing some of the heftiest jumps.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2023
In other words, like sauropods in general, the heftiest sauropods occupied somewhat different ecological niches from one another.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 15, 2023
The generalized fourth-power law explains why road damage is disproportionately inflicted by the heftiest vehicles.
From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2023
Lew Wetzel is the heftiest of 'em all, an' we hev some as kin fight out here.
From The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey
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