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

UBS took over Credit Suisse with government backing, giving it more heft globally but making it a behemoth in its home country.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet, by one important measure, China’s global heft is shrinking.

From The Wall Street Journal

I picked it up, hefted it, turned it over and over.

From Literature

It weighed about half a ton, but Glenn needed very little help from me to heft it all the way into the schoolhouse.

From Literature