as in heavyweights
one of high position or importance within a group
many of the heavy hitters in the wine industry were boozing and schmoozing at the expo
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Recent Examples of heavy hitters
The newcomer is alongside the likes of heavy hitters like Emma Stone, Amanda Seyfried, Renate Reinsve, Rose Byrne, and Jessie Buckley in her category.
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Meg Walters, InStyle, 4 Jan. 2026
Wall Street heavy hitters have already begun throwing their weight behind SpaceX as private investors.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2026
But outside of those heavy hitters, the South is home to thousands of destinations that get far less attention but are worthy of our time all the same.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2026
This memoir examines life’s heavy hitters like financial setbacks, caring for a dying parent, and divorce, with candor and raw transparency.
—Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 30 Dec. 2025
And speaking of funny, though the show is full of heavy hitters, scuttling between characters in the wings is its true secret weapon, Ikechukwu Ufomadu.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
This year’s list has lots of new names developing innovative tools to defend against AI threats, while some of the existing heavy hitters on the list have raised more capital and built out their rosters of customers.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
Either of these heavy hitters can make a compelling case based on its merits.
—PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2025
That year’s category was stacked with heavy hitters, including Salma Hayek, Julianne Moore and Renée Zellweger.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heavy hitters
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Zhao's feature also counts Hollywood heavyweights Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes as producers.—
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Favorable government policy has prompted heavyweights like Chicago’s CME Group and Cboe Global Markets to join the bandwagon.—
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Guards, bigs, everybody just has to rebound, box out and just run.—
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But going through opposing bigs to get to the cup is never going to be his specialty.—
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Kier’s American career centered around playing heavies.—
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In February, Mayor Harrell, at the behest of local heavies such as Amazon and Microsoft, led the opposition to a referendum on another tax on those companies which would help pay for public, mixed-income housing in a city that desperately needs it.—
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The comedy big guns come out to pay their respects to the groundbreaking genius whose comedy is still radical — Ben Stiller, Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Dave Chappelle, Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman are just a few.—
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Sunday’s iteration – David Pastrnak-Pavel Zacha-Casey Mittelstadt – finished minus-2 and were outplayed by the Sens’ big guns.—
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According to the law, exhibition driving is described as operating a vehicle close to a crowd and intentionally skidding, swerving while accelerating or causing the wheels to lose contact with the ground, among other actions.—
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Imagine how that respect must grow exponentially when going back a few decades further to the still-nascent days of motorsport, when automobiles were little more than powerful engines with frighteningly thin wheels attached.—
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Pierce Thompson made some big shots in the second half and had 13 points.—
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Sure, there have been big shots from Grimes on Saturday night and Kelly Oubre in Wednesday night’s 117-116 opening win over the Boston Celtics.—
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There are big boys throwing their weight around, and there are wild skinnies with flying arms and spinning back-kicks, chopping out their emergency version of personal space.—
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One of the biggest reasons the Padres’ slugging numbers are down is that those big boys have not produced the power that was expected out of them.—
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Still, expect short overhangs and big wheels, even if not quite the size of these absurdly chrome 24-inchers.—
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“Heavy hitters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heavy%20hitters. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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