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Recent Examples of overscale
Yes, agents need to protect overscale income.
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Gene Maddaus, Variety, 16 Mar. 2023
Colors, such as the peacock blue of the side chair, and patterns, like the overscale geometric throw on the bed, appear in moments that add punch to the timeless appeal of the room's classic trimwork and warm wood floors.
—Marisa Donnelly, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Jan. 2023
Her affinity for pattern, bold pattern to be exact, drove her to cover the table with an overscale blue-and-khaki linen ikat.
—Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
Dennese Guadeloupe Rojas, principal designer at Interiors by Design in Silver Spring, Md., warns that buying a one-and-done suite from a furniture showroom can saddle you with both a dull room and relentlessly overscale pieces.
—Nina Molina, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022
An overscale coffee table provides plenty of room for snacks and drinks at bayside gatherings.
—Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2022
The idea that there’s been this downward pressure on writer overscale income and connecting it to the diversification of the agency’s businesses was not something that necessarily was obvious to us at all at the time.
—Jonathan Handel, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2019
Designer Kay Douglass chose overscale willow basket lights from South of Market to help define the breakfast area in this large Atlanta kitchen.
—House Beautiful, 1 Oct. 2013
Take Valentino’s showstopping gowns with overscale floral motifs in hues like poppy and peridot.
—Rebecca Malinsky and Rory Satran, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2018
Gene Maddaus, Variety, 16 Mar. 2023
Colors, such as the peacock blue of the side chair, and patterns, like the overscale geometric throw on the bed, appear in moments that add punch to the timeless appeal of the room's classic trimwork and warm wood floors.
—Marisa Donnelly, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Jan. 2023
Her affinity for pattern, bold pattern to be exact, drove her to cover the table with an overscale blue-and-khaki linen ikat.
—Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
Dennese Guadeloupe Rojas, principal designer at Interiors by Design in Silver Spring, Md., warns that buying a one-and-done suite from a furniture showroom can saddle you with both a dull room and relentlessly overscale pieces.
—Nina Molina, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022
An overscale coffee table provides plenty of room for snacks and drinks at bayside gatherings.
—Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2022
The idea that there’s been this downward pressure on writer overscale income and connecting it to the diversification of the agency’s businesses was not something that necessarily was obvious to us at all at the time.
—Jonathan Handel, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2019
Designer Kay Douglass chose overscale willow basket lights from South of Market to help define the breakfast area in this large Atlanta kitchen.
—House Beautiful, 1 Oct. 2013
Take Valentino’s showstopping gowns with overscale floral motifs in hues like poppy and peridot.
—Rebecca Malinsky and Rory Satran, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overscale
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The skirt featured a low waist and an oversize crystal buckle detail.Mikelle Street, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
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While wine gift catalogs feature heavily on oversize, pricey gadgets to open bottles, Stroemer, like most wine professionals, swears by the simple, inexpensive Pulltaps double-hinged waiter’s corkscrew.Anna Lee Iijima, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
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That would place the company among the world’s largest automakers, but still below fellow Japanese automaker Toyota Motor, at 11.2 million in 2023, as well as German automaker Volkswagen, which last year reported sales of 9.2 million vehicles.Lim Hui Jie,April Roach, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
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The system should scale to large data sets, train models reliably and cost-effectively, and serve the model predictions while meeting latency requirements.William Mullane, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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The most sizable drops in death rates were among Hispanic men and women — decreases of 10.5% and 8%, respectively — and in American Indian and Alaska Native people, whose rates fell 11.5% for women and 13.5% for men.Randi Richardson, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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Setting out to build a world-changing company should be every entrepreneur’s goal—to attract sizable investments, to pioneer a genuine positive change and much more.Uriel Maslansky, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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At the same time, Republicans suffered several losses in Wisconsin and Montana, where Democrats managed to make substantial gains in both state legislatures amid redistricting.Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 15 Dec. 2024
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Pushback on the Luigi Mangione Hype While Mangione's looks and widespread criticism of the healthcare industry have drawn substantial attention since the killing, there has also been significant condemnation and backlash to the obsession with the suspect.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
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Musk, a vocal Trump backer who donated over $100 million to a pro-Trump super PAC, has pitched the department in the past, seemingly naming it after the meme cryptocurrency dogecoin.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Ferrari’s regular sports cars had already begun to blur the line between super sports car and hypercar — the SF90 Stradale pushed the 1,000-hp mark and could run 0-60 in two seconds flat — but a true halo vehicle that epitomized the carmaker’s total capability had been a long time missing.Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
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Finally, between the two structures is the dining room: an amber-glowing rectangular space where the restaurant’s mascot-like rainbow prismatic bust of a bull overlooks guests from the corner.Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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It’ll be automatically corrected to the ideal rectangular view.Shea Simmons, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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Nike's valuation is low From a valuation perspective, Nike's current price appears to have reflected a considerable degree of pessimism.GuruFocus, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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However, there’s considerable uncertainty around how tariffs might be implemented, including the countries and products that are targeted.Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Overscale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overscale. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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