heavyweight
Example Sentences
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Autovol, another industry heavyweight, rarely has trouble getting coverage when it needs it, he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Franklin Templeton BEN 4.61%increase; green up pointing triangle , a heavyweight in traditional stock and bond-fund management, said it would buy a spinoff from the venture firm CoinFund to expand its cryptocurrency-investing offering.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The way Itauma has been pushed, promoted and sold as a professional is not like any other heavyweight.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
The list of appointees includes Oracle chief Larry Ellison and Silicon Valley heavyweight Marc Andreessen, as well as Nvidia boss Jensen Huang and Lisa Su of chipmaker AMD.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
The sole claim to fame of Livermore, California, was as the former home of a onetime heavyweight champ who had moved there in the 1920s.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
