weightier

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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

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

Many are even less charitable in their comprehension of the burden he will inherit, which has only become weightier with time.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 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