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heft

noun as in avoirdupois

verb as in heave

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While O’Connor’s priest lands plenty of his own solid punchlines, his sincerity gives the film heft.

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Put simply, while the biggest stocks in the AI trade still dominate index performance with the sheer heft of their market values, investors are separating the wheat from the chaff in the recent pullback.

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More important, combining Paramount’s and Warner’s respective streaming offerings would bring the industry some necessary consolidation while also creating a platform with the heft necessary to better compete with the industry’s leaders.

Penelope hefted the stack of books in her arms as evidence and managed a small curtsy to the ladies.

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Cars in their assigned parking spots; a stray cat, the one Michael had secretly named Tuxedo, slinking around the bushes; Mr. Mosley, the maintenance man, hefting a can of paint toward a vacant apartment.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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