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Recent Examples of top-heavy
The flower stem can grow to be two to three feet tall or more, often making the plant somewhat top-heavy, so staking or weighing down the container can help prevent the pot from toppling over.
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Janet Carson, arkansasonline.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Be sure to handle the roots gently at all times and use one hand to support delicate stems and top-heavy plants to avoid accidental breaks.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2024
There’s not much jam that Marner brings, though, so this would still be a top-heavy forward group.
—Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
The unwieldy cranes may have made Ursa Major top-heavy, potentially contributing to her loss.
—David Axe, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Janet Carson, arkansasonline.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Be sure to handle the roots gently at all times and use one hand to support delicate stems and top-heavy plants to avoid accidental breaks.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Dec. 2024
There’s not much jam that Marner brings, though, so this would still be a top-heavy forward group.
—Arthur Staple, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
The unwieldy cranes may have made Ursa Major top-heavy, potentially contributing to her loss.
—David Axe, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for top-heavy
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Today, large corporations have bulky IT infrastructure and teams to manage their tech stacks.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Stretch Twill Denim Jacket Traveling with bulky jackets isn’t the most practical option.Ali Faccenda, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2025
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Surveys show that Americans want to eat healthier, but the fact that more than 70 percent of U.S. adults are overweight underscores just how many of us fail.Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2025
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The Roper report notes that the public was slow to recognize other health risks of being overweight.Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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The all-black dress had a bustier top and flattering pleats for a voluminous appearance.Nicol Natale, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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For the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival, Louis Vuitton dressed her in strapless dress with a voluminous ankle-length skirt.Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
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While the attempts to create massy cinema land fine for most parts, Dhawan does not quite emerge as the larger-than-life south-Indian hero set to rule the audience merely with his presence.Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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All objects that have mass interact with other massy objects—that’s called gravitational interaction.Wired, Wired, 6 Nov. 2019
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In search of outsize returns, a small number of hedge funds have invested in memecoins this year.Joel Khalili, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2025
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This is a crucial success factor that often enables PE firms to generate outsize returns.Alexander Savin, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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However, there is no statutory requirement that the IRS provide this exemption, and administering requests for this waiver has consumed substantial IRS resources.Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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That’s a substantial sum even for the world’s richest person.Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Top-heavy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top-heavy. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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