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heavyweight

[hev-ee-wayt] / ˈhɛv iˌweɪt /




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The fund has secured heavyweight backers, including government-linked entities such as Taiwan’s National Development Fund and Singapore’s EDBI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Paul was knocked down twice against the two-time heavyweight world champion before being stopped in the sixth round.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

This Hollywood Hills property isn’t the only home on the market with a link to the heavyweight champion.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

It’s good to remember that the fighter was just 22 when he won the heavyweight belt and announced his allegiance to the Nation of Islam.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

To see who would be the new heavyweight champion.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

But that’s not what heavyweights who have long aspired to become mayor — like billionaire developer Rick Caruso, L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

The prospect of stricter regulation was weighing on stocks in AI heavyweights such as Elon Musk's SpaceX ahead of the US markets open, after drops for key chipmakers in Asia including Samsung in South Korea.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Institutional heavyweights like hedge funds are accelerating the trend.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Memory-chip makers and index heavyweights Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix gained 4.3% and 3.5%, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

There had been a grand theatrical season and a whole crop of great young light heavyweights.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway


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