as in weight
the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts
the brunt of the responsibility fell on her shoulders
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Recent Examples of brunt
No one at Dunder Mifflin Scranton is safe from Jim Halpert's antics, but Dwight Schrute surely bears the brunt.
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Gretchen Hansen, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2024
The intrigue: The worst of San Antonio's heat islands are scattered around the city — deviating from national norms that typically see the brunt borne by lower-income neighborhoods that often lack foliage to cool the area.
—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 18 July 2024
Although these are important developments, the global transition away from coal is just getting started, and action on one of the key challenges—helping the workers and communities that will bear the economic brunt of this shift—remains uneven.
—Kassia Yanosek, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2022
Australia bears brunt of outages in Asia While the outages were being experienced worldwide, Australia appeared to be severely affected by the issue.
—Charlotte Graham-McLay, Elaine Kurtenbach, and David McHugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2024
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Gretchen Hansen, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2024
The intrigue: The worst of San Antonio's heat islands are scattered around the city — deviating from national norms that typically see the brunt borne by lower-income neighborhoods that often lack foliage to cool the area.
—Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 18 July 2024
Although these are important developments, the global transition away from coal is just getting started, and action on one of the key challenges—helping the workers and communities that will bear the economic brunt of this shift—remains uneven.
—Kassia Yanosek, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2022
Australia bears brunt of outages in Asia While the outages were being experienced worldwide, Australia appeared to be severely affected by the issue.
—Charlotte Graham-McLay, Elaine Kurtenbach, and David McHugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brunt
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Municipalities turned to these substances as an alternative to chlorine, because chlorine’s byproducts in water have been associated with possible adverse health effects such as elevated risks of colon and bladder cancer, low birth weight, and miscarriage.Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2024
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Body weight Your body weight can affect how soft or firm a mattress feels.Heather Cruickshank, SELF, 21 Nov. 2024
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Observing tail posture in rats adds a new layer to our understanding of rat emotional expression, reminding us that emotions are expressed throughout the entire body.Kelly Lambert, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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The first of two explosions went off on Wednesday evening in a parking lot near the court building and a second blast came seconds later in front of the court, where the man’s body was found.Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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These bites are great for kids and adults alike and can be made in bulk and stored in the freezer.Jillian Kubala, Health, 4 Nov. 2024
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Shoppers love its roomy fit, quality stitching, and material that’s thin enough to cinch without bulk.Miles Walls, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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The system, which has 50 stations across all five counties in the core Bay Area, has a total ridership of more than 4.8 million.Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The core question, however, is whether these changes will be enough to help Starbucks compete in a crowded market, according to Deidre Popovich, an associate professor of marketing at Texas Tech University.Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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Along with key races in Pennsylvania, Colorado and Arizona, the GOP performance in California helped push the party over the 218-seat marker to win a majority of seats in the House.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Circuit Judge Michael Brennan, writing for the majority, rejected both arguments.Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Appointments were elusive, follow-ups were nonexistent and coordination burdens fell heavily on us—the patient and their family members.Chris Bowen, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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The financial burden of a college education is massive for many American families.Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2024
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Bates, who was on probation at the time, was eventually convicted of misdemeanor theft and resisting arrest, according to the chief.Jason Green, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
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Five police officers who rescued residents from inside of the building were taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation, the police chief said.NBC New York, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Brunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brunt. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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