heft
Example Sentences
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Amazon has a long history of successful investing, and of profitably renting out the computing heft that it builds.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
I’d argue no on this specific shot-to-shot comparison, mainly because it was Duke-Kentucky, not Duke-UConn, but also because college basketball doesn’t have the cultural heft like it did back then.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Every now and then a particular asset is afforded greater heft than usual in determining broader market machinations.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026
Much of it was lost to the audience, since reverberant amplification gave heroic heft to Blanchett’s voice at the cost of intelligibility.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
A few of them sauntered along the dock, bending over to hoist long, yellow-spruce oars, getting the feel of them, contemplating their considerable heft.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
