heft
Example Sentences
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Here, Washington is targeting China, which despite its economic heft is classified as a developing country at the WTO.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
Nvidia Corp. has the heft to make or break the U.S. stock market — and on Thursday the technology giant dragged down the S&P 500.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026
The Wall Street Journal toured the desert southwest with Apple executives to see facilities that its purchasing heft and investments are helping to build.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
Much of it was lost to the audience, since reverberant amplification gave heroic heft to Blanchett’s voice at the cost of intelligibility.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
I watch till they disappear over the rise, then I heft my old bones down onto the sidewalk at the gates, close at hand but out of kicking range.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
