variants
or life-sized
: of natural size : of the size of the original
a life-size statue
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Outdoors, the landscaped grounds are laced with live oak trees and host formal gardens adorned with a life-size chessboard and a secret swing.
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 24 Dec. 2024
Simon Doonan’s life-size celebrity caricatures defined now-defunct Barneys New York holiday window displays beginning in the 1990s.
—Tonya Blazio-Licorish, WWD, 20 Dec. 2024
The life-size sculpture depicts Terri bravely holding a crocodile in her arms.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
The rest of Damian McCarthy’s folky horror film is a Tales From the Crypt–style morality tale as Dani’s psychic twin sister (also Bracken, natch) tries to find justice with help from the aforementioned life-size doll.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 24 Dec. 2024
Simon Doonan’s life-size celebrity caricatures defined now-defunct Barneys New York holiday window displays beginning in the 1990s.
—Tonya Blazio-Licorish, WWD, 20 Dec. 2024
The life-size sculpture depicts Terri bravely holding a crocodile in her arms.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
The rest of Damian McCarthy’s folky horror film is a Tales From the Crypt–style morality tale as Dani’s psychic twin sister (also Bracken, natch) tries to find justice with help from the aforementioned life-size doll.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Life-size.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life-size. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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