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heavyweights

  • plural
    of heavyweight.
    heavyweight
    adjective
    heavy in weight.

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As the third quarter reporting season kicks into full swing next week with reports from JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and other Wall Street heavyweights, the bar investors need companies to clear has gone higher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Brighton and Bournemouth have consistently taken points off the Premier League's heavyweights.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

“It’s just such an honor to be considered amongst heavyweights like that. Dame Helen Mirren. Crikey.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Adobe tops a list of software companies ranked by cash generation, while sector heavyweights Microsoft and Oracle are at the bottom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

These days those prizefighters'd be professional heavyweights or riot police or somethin', but times was diff’rent.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell