hefty
Example Sentences
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The agreement means Britain will be exempted from hefty US tariffs imposed on pharma imports that entered force on October 1.
From Barron's
If your sister purchases the house, she and your brother’s other heirs would also lose their step-up in basis, a tax break that lets people inherit assets without paying hefty capital-gains tax.
From MarketWatch
Cue the moral crisis for the naive protagonist who realizes almost too late that the reward isn’t worth the hefty price.
California grads who moved to New York for college were drawn to smaller, competitive private liberal arts colleges, usually with heftier tuitions than California’s public universities.
From Los Angeles Times
Most FedEx services will be available, too, with the exception of FedEx Freight, a service tailored to items that are too hefty for standard parcel services.
From Barron's
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