hefty

Example Sentences

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This is despite the EU's decision to slap hefty tariffs on imports of Chinese-made EVs in a bid to protect its domestic manufacturers.

From Barron's

Even that won’t be the end of Paramount’s problems since it will have to unlock hefty synergies to whittle down a mountain of debt.

From The Wall Street Journal

Alongside a hefty catalogue of those who risk being hard hit, there are some who are benefiting.

From BBC

One morning the code words were still being relayed down the long shed when a rather hefty Aufseherin stepped through the door.

From Literature

Powell downplayed the fears about the jobs market posed by February’s slower-than-expected payroll numbers, saying that strikes and bad weather had artificially lowered that month’s jobs figures by a hefty 80,000.

From MarketWatch