variants
or oversized
as in large
of a size greater than average of its kind
a softball is an oversize and less densely stuffed baseball
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Recent Examples of oversize
An oversize arched metal structure holds the handwoven seat made in Santo Domingo Xenacoj.
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Natalia Torija, Curbed, 3 Jan. 2025
The look featured a scoop neckline, which was partially covered by a gray oversize blazer, and high-waist skirt that was designed with an asymmetrical hem.
—Alfredo Mineo, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
It's even inspired offshoots around the U.S., with various cities dropping everything from a giant pine cone and an oversize pickle to a monster-sized Moon Pie and high-heel-riding drag queen.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
One window has a 10-foot-tall praying mantis covered in rhinestones, among what’s really a flourish of oversize birds, butterflies and bugs.
—David Moin, WWD, 20 Dec. 2024
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Natalia Torija, Curbed, 3 Jan. 2025
The look featured a scoop neckline, which was partially covered by a gray oversize blazer, and high-waist skirt that was designed with an asymmetrical hem.
—Alfredo Mineo, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
It's even inspired offshoots around the U.S., with various cities dropping everything from a giant pine cone and an oversize pickle to a monster-sized Moon Pie and high-heel-riding drag queen.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
One window has a 10-foot-tall praying mantis covered in rhinestones, among what’s really a flourish of oversize birds, butterflies and bugs.
—David Moin, WWD, 20 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for oversize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oversize
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Hamas has come under overwhelming pressure from Israel’s invasion of Gaza’s largest cities and towns and seizure of the border between Gaza and Egypt.Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
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Moviegoers without a custom container can get a $5 extra large popcorn at the concession stand, Cinemark said.Tanasia Kenney, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Jan. 2025
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The biggest news is that Weebit has licensed its memory technology to onsemi.Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
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Though unrelated, video of Wilde being served custody papers during a CinemaCon presentation in Las Vegas only made the buzz around this film that much bigger.Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
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This both-at-once ability, known as superposition, conveys an enormous computational advantage, one that increases when more qubits are working together.Charina Chou, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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The same building blocks that allow a single website to be displayed responsively on a tiny phone or enormous television screen can make a website fundamentally undisplayable.Tim Carmody, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Oversize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversize. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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