hefty
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In many metros, property owners with hefty piles of home equity and no reason to relocate are still sitting it out, giving buyers few options.
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
And it carries a hefty price tag—particularly given that most led middle- to upper-middle-class lives before their sentencing.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
Every time a leader avoids a hard truth, sidesteps a real tension, or makes disagreement feel risky, you pay a hefty price.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
Americans with hefty stock portfolios are on average feeling better than their peers, according to the Michigan survey.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Ray Anderson and Brian Witzke spend their working lives up here amid disordered heaps of papers, journals, furled charts, and hefty specimen stones.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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