Michelle Wie is a professional golfer.
You can infer that hefty means a great deal, as in a lot of money for winning a golf tournament.
The storm is likely to produce 4 to 8 inches of snow.
EST stands for Eastern Standard Time.
You didn't provide examples, but sound reasoning is when you use logically sound thinking and combine it with factual knowledge. These two combined create a sound argument.
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