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as in hulking
of a size greater than average of its kind
she likes to make dramatic appearances wearing her trademark outsize sunglasses
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as in inflated
extended beyond normal or realistic bounds
I'm tired of having to deal with so many outsize egos at the office
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Recent Examples of outsize
The United States has also gained from letting in large numbers of immigrants, who have in turn made outsize contributions to innovation.
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Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Disney has played an outsize role in the culture wars, so its decision was particularly thrilling for conservatives.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
Many in attendance had traveled from Iran, Iraq and Yemen, offering a reminder of Mr. Nasrallah’s outsize role uniting Shiites across the region against Israel.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Here's what foreign-aid experts are saying about the outsize impact of the temporary pause.
—Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 1 Feb. 2025
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Matthew J. Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Disney has played an outsize role in the culture wars, so its decision was particularly thrilling for conservatives.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
Many in attendance had traveled from Iran, Iraq and Yemen, offering a reminder of Mr. Nasrallah’s outsize role uniting Shiites across the region against Israel.
—Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Here's what foreign-aid experts are saying about the outsize impact of the temporary pause.
—Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 1 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outsize
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Other great spots for golf include We-Ko-Pa Golf Club, where two 18-hole masterpieces are both visually stunning and unspoiled by nearby hulking homes.—
David Weiss,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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The resolution — a first step toward the hulking budget reconciliation bill Republicans hope to pass — allows $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, offset by $2 trillion in spending cuts.—
Andrew Solender,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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For all the inflated fan rivalry, Liverpool (Busby’s former club) offered United use of their stadium.—
Michael Walker,
The Athletic,
15 Mar. 2025
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This substantial debt burden casts a long shadow over inflated valuations and raises critical questions about the long-term viability of these capital-heavy bets.—
Joseph Edgar,
Forbes,
14 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
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The emotions always seem authentic, even when situations are exaggerated for comic effect.—
Stephen Saito,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, Mickey is the most exaggerated example of the have nots imaginable; his life has been deemed meaningless by the upper-crust owners of the ship and their staff, who have no misgivings about using him as their sentient crash-test dummy.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
12 Mar. 2025
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Lim and Cho both come from South Korea, and people of Korean heritage make up a good part of their considerable fan base.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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That’s a considerable shift from 2022, when Democrats’ sympathies were about even at 40% for Israelis vs. 38% for Palestinians.—
Ben Sales,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2025
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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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If the current uncertainty evolves into a large trade shock that’s sustained, RSM would revisit those projections, Brusuelas said.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN,
18 Mar. 2025
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An attached oversize two-car garage provides extra storage.—
Karen A. Avitabile,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2025
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In a photo, Kale smiles front and center behind an oversize check for $4,500.—
Guthrie Scrimgeour,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
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Voicing the bag is an older woman with a husky Tuscan timbre, which carries the whole way through its lifecycle onscreen.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2025
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My husky boy feet cemented into the concrete veranda.—
Diane Seuss,
Harper's Magazine,
2 July 2024
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“Outsize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outsize. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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