heft

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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

During each new trip, I was newly struck by the way millions of Legos can grant a sense of physical heft to heavy ideas.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 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

He had heft to him: large hands, a belly, broad in the shoulder and jaw and wrinkled neck.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell