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Recent Examples of heavy lifting
Stay visible, and let that constant presence do the heavy lifting for you.
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Sho Dewan, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Christopher’s philosophy is simple — ride out the storms, ignore the noise, and let time (and compounding) do the heavy lifting.
—Big Think, 10 Apr. 2025
Below, seven options that do all the heavy lifting for your entertainment system.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2025
Laurie, Jaclyn, and Kate are the season’s standout characters, but there’s palpable sweatiness in the challenge of connecting them to the red-herring robbery plotline while also doing the heavy lifting of separately shaping each of them.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
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Sho Dewan, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Christopher’s philosophy is simple — ride out the storms, ignore the noise, and let time (and compounding) do the heavy lifting.
—Big Think, 10 Apr. 2025
Below, seven options that do all the heavy lifting for your entertainment system.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2025
Laurie, Jaclyn, and Kate are the season’s standout characters, but there’s palpable sweatiness in the challenge of connecting them to the red-herring robbery plotline while also doing the heavy lifting of separately shaping each of them.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavy lifting
Noun
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Fides’s tech spares us humans the drudgery of tracking deadlines, sourcing regulatory data, and creating legal documents.—
Moya Johnson,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Excel, a program that does complex math on a human’s behalf, is often associated, rightly, with corporate drudgery.—
Natalie Proulx,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Aside from her talk about specific songs, Roan also opened up about the creative process, which can sometimes be a massive headache, despite her being known for her catalog of fun and peppy songs.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
17 Apr. 2025
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Making matters worse, China’s been a real headache for Starbucks, even before the tariffs, on increasing local competition and tepid growth in the world’s second-largest economy.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Moat did attract a sick fandom, but that sort of ugly love does not stay a killer’s hand.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2025
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Rachel’s mother Patty Morin drew an implicit parallel between her daughter’s killer and Abrego Garcia at her White House appearance, even though the latter has never been charged with a crime.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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The total range is 424 bears at the low end of the estimate and 1,713 at the high end.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
16 Apr. 2025
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In the Yellowstone region, the bear’s numbers have now risen to more than 700, surpassing recovery goals set by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Apple’s efforts to diversify its supply chain should help minimize the impact from tariffs that only target China.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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The team hopes that the discovery showing the ancient human connection to great bustards spurs more conservation efforts to keep this population from going extinct.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Sure enough, in early 2024, PJ took a job as an avionics technician at Tinker.—
Jenni Carlson,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Reviewers say the hypoallergenic comforter feels soft and smooth against the skin, does an excellent job regulating temperatures throughout the night, and is machine-washable.—
Jamie Ballard,
Allure,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Accountability partners transform LinkedIn from a chore into a collaborative project.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Tips To Keep Gardening Gloves Clean Longer After finishing your chores, brush your hands together to knock off as much soil as possible.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Leafs are no strangers to the wild swings in emotion and the grind that’s about to take hold.—
Chris Johnston,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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The Warriors have heard all about the Houston Rockets’ plan to make their first-round Western Conference playoff series a physical grind.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Heavy lifting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavy%20lifting. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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