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  • 71degree of importance — index weight (importance) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 72throw one’s weight around — tv. to show off one’s importance or power; to use one’s rank or station to advantage. □ The vice president was throwing his weight around, but that had little effect on anything. □ Don’t pay any attention to her. She’s just throwing her weight… …

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  • 73attach importance to something — attach importance/significance/value/weight/to something phrase to think that something is important or true and that it should be considered seriously Both her parents attach great importance to education. Thesaurus: to value something or… …

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  • 74equal weight — noun A weighting that gives the same weight (or importance) to two or more options …

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  • 75self-importance — Synonyms and related words: accent, amour propre, arrogance, assurance, assuredness, autoeroticism, belief, certitude, cocksureness, complacency, concern, concernment, confidence, confidentness, consequence, consequentiality, consideration,… …

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  • 76carry weight — idi to have importance or significance; influence …

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  • 77light·weight — /ˈlaıtˌweıt/ noun, pl weights [count] 1 : a fighter who is in a class of boxers weighing from 125 to 132 pounds (57 to 60 kilograms) often used before another noun a lightweight boxer He won the lightweight title. 2 : someone or something that… …

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  • 78The Examined Life — is a collection of philosophical meditations written by Robert Nozick and published in 1989.Having pursued philosophy in an argumentative mode in Anarchy, State, and Utopia , and in an explanatory mode in Philosophical Explanations , his mode in… …

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  • 79influence — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Power to effect decision Nouns 1. influence, importance, weight, pressure, preponderance; predominance, predominancy (see superiority); power, sway; ascendancy; hegemony, reign, control, authority; bias …

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  • 80stress — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pressure, strain, compulsion; emphasis, urgency, importance; accent. See necessity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Importance] Syn. significance, weight, import; see importance 1 . 2. [Pressure] Syn. strain,… …

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