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- noun Plural form of
heavy .
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Examples
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The main story in the "heavies" is speculation on a snap reshuffle if the election goes badly, although they cannot provide any results yet.
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So the conventional American narrative, in which India and China are lumped together as our competitive manufacturing threats and as looming global-warming heavies, is fundamentally flawed.
Carl Pope: India Vs. China: Which Low-Carbon Development Model Will Win?
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So the conventional American narrative, in which India and China are lumped together as our competitive manufacturing threats and as looming global-warming heavies, is fundamentally flawed.
Carl Pope: India Vs. China: Which Low-Carbon Development Model Will Win?
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So the conventional American narrative, in which India and China are lumped together as our competitive manufacturing threats and as looming global-warming heavies, is fundamentally flawed.
Carl Pope: India Vs. China: Which Low-Carbon Development Model Will Win?
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Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington assembles an all-female cast of musicians, singers, and spoken-word heavies sorry . . . female and heavy probably isn't the best choice of words to create an album that sounds like the past, present, and future.
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Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington assembles an all-female cast of musicians, singers, and spoken-word heavies sorry . . . female and heavy probably isn't the best choice of words to create an album that sounds like the past, present, and future.
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Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington assembles an all-female cast of musicians, singers, and spoken-word heavies sorry . . . female and heavy probably isn't the best choice of words to create an album that sounds like the past, present, and future.
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The idea was clients can filter for category heaviness (always a good idea, due to the 20/80 rule which Norton had discovered – the heavies are a small group accounting for the lion's share of the dollars) and then pick homes with a slight proclivity to buy the client's brand.
"Whom Should I Be Targeting?": Revisiting an Important Question - Bill Harvey - MediaBizBloggers
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He was also offered a bunch of other name heavies but he hand picked Barrett (who is not a big hitter).
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It would take six to seven three core Delta IV 'heavies' to place similar tonnage in orbit, expending dozens of rockets.
Proponents of DIRECT Offer Rebuttal to NASA's Analysis - NASA Watch
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