as in large
of a size greater than average of its kind
bulky packages might cost more to mail
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Recent Examples of bulky
Wearing your bulkiest items while traveling, like a jacket or heavier shoes, can free up valuable space in your bag.
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Allison Palmer, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
Suspenders can also make for a slimmer look as a belt might appear bulky around the waist.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
The $53 for this new fee is going for many new employees to do such things as picking up bulky items and e-waste.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
This can allow room for bulkier items like stand mixers without adding too much clutter to your countertops.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025
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Allison Palmer, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
Suspenders can also make for a slimmer look as a belt might appear bulky around the waist.
—Bestreviews, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
The $53 for this new fee is going for many new employees to do such things as picking up bulky items and e-waste.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
This can allow room for bulkier items like stand mixers without adding too much clutter to your countertops.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulky
Adjective
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Green Bay speedster Christian Watson suffered a torn right ACL in Week 18 last year and is expected to miss a large portion of the 2025 campaign.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Wind gusts of up to 60 mph are also possible and could reduce visibility to a quarter mile or less for large parts of the day making travel difficult or even impossible in some areas.—
Kenton Gewecke,
ABC News,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Endeavor has been steadily unloading assets in the wake of an April 2024 announcement that private equity giant Silver Lake—already a sizable Endeavor investor—would be taking the company private at $27.5 per share.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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By the numbers: In San Antonio-area congressional districts, veterans make up a sizable share of civilian federal employment, per new data from the Economic Policy Institute.—
Emily Peck,
Axios,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Among teachers who regularly use AI tools, this optimism grows even stronger, with 67% acknowledging the substantial reduction in workplace stress associated with AI.—
Dan Fitzpatrick,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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Unless trade negotiations are complete by then, there are likely to be substantial economic consequences globally once these new tariffs come into effect, including any retaliatory measures.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, because historically speaking dividends have provided a considerable share of the stock market’s total return.—
Dividend Channel,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Her appeal is mostly based on her music, savvy creative direction, and considerable charisma.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
10 Mar. 2025
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The case coincides with suspicious activity occurring near the border where Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten) — who used to work for the Navajo Tribal Police with Chee and Leaphorn and had a relationship with Chee — now gets drawn to cocky and handsome border agent Ivan Muños (Alex Meraz).—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2025
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Casting is an expensive multistep process, though, and the same factories can furnish façades for new construction by the more straightforward technique of extrusion, yielding handsome but less ornate panels.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In total, sharp bets caused lines to move by 2½ points or more on nine games with the biggest adjustment on Wisconsin from -23 to -16 vs. Montana.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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This is so big, this has been 12 years of just two people, lying their butts off.—
Sophie Hanson,
StyleCaster,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Crypto holders had the chance to make a tidy profit selling off some of their coins—despite the fact that the stockpile in the end simply included bitcoin and all other crypto assets seized by the government, rendering the details in Trump’s posts moot.—
Ben Walsh,
The Atlantic,
8 Mar. 2025
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Released in 1988, it's rated R and runs a tidy 96 minutes.—
Joe Guillen,
Axios,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Watching this film will be huge, and then Coach getting on our (butts) will be big for us.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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The Atlanta Braves suffered a huge hit to the roster last season when their ace Spencer Strider went down with a torn UCL.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Bulky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulky. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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