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Picking a major has long been a weighty decision for college students, but the financial stakes appear to be getting higher in the AI era, according to economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

The documentary powerfully captures the apocalyptic landscape of Gaza City, its streets reduced to rubble and mangled rebar, and the weighty sense of responsibility shouldered by the few remaining journalists on the ground.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Such safety considerations are particularly weighty for SUVs and trucks, which have longer stopping distances and can cause more damage during collisions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

India's top judges often make news for their rulings or pronunciations on weighty matters of law.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

I had, naturally, been called to the drawing room several times already that night to replenish refreshments, and had observed on these occasions the gentlemen deep in conversation over weighty issues.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

A couple of the disputes are a bit weightier than a question of whether someone’s yard goes to here . . . or to here.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

She’s only in the movie for about half an hour, and though her character drives the action and ends the movie in spectacular fashion, that wasn’t enough in a category flush with weightier work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

The couple are set to return to the presidential residence, but this time Mutharika's in-tray will be far weightier.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025

He argued that some of the removals might stand a court test as the case progresses, noting that some of the books dealt more with “juvenile, flatulent humor” than weightier subjects.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

And I would feel that heavy rock grow weightier on my chest, while I was lying there on my back, still in bed.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

The city's historically lucrative wholesale and retail trade remains one of its weightiest sectors, accounting for almost 25 percent of GDP in the first nine months of 2024.

From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026

For nearly 500 years the Court of Session has considered the thorniest and weightiest matters of the moment.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2023

Opinionpalooza, aka June, aka the end of the Supreme Court term, when the year’s weightiest opinions tend to come out.

From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2023

Admittedly, the lawsuit — essentially, a dispute among insurers over the bill for all that cracked fiberglass and teak — won’t be the weightiest matter heard in federal court in Seattle.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2023

The restoration and preservation of our forests, then, and an adequate policy of accomplishment, become of the weightiest importance.

From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress