heft

Example Sentences

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When a term like “mother” is employed so generously, it loses all substantive heft.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

Its new Vera Rubin chips are likely to start shipping in the second half of this year, adding more heft to the group’s expected outlook for 77% revenue growth over the April quarter.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Originally pitched as a movie, the comeback is subdivided instead into 30-minute-long quarters, giving them a certain heft, whereas a “TV movie” might have felt like a throwaway, an afterthought.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

I’d argue no on this specific shot-to-shot comparison, mainly because it was Duke-Kentucky, not Duke-UConn, but also because college basketball doesn’t have the cultural heft like it did back then.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Only nearby Mount Washington exceeds it for both heft and popularity as a hiking destination in the White Mountains.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson