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Recent Examples of top-heavy
Smaller lenses and sensors have an impact on image quality, so expensive phones often have gargantuan camera arrays that can make phones top-heavy.
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Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2025
Nashville is a pretty top-heavy team, so whoever slots with those wingers tends to be in a position to succeed.
—Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Seedlings have visibly outgrown their containers and have become leggy, top-heavy, or unwieldy.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2025
For starters, there’s the top-heavy, tank-like design with controls set above the door.
—Emily Farris, Bon Appétit, 18 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 24 Feb. 2025
Nashville is a pretty top-heavy team, so whoever slots with those wingers tends to be in a position to succeed.
—Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Seedlings have visibly outgrown their containers and have become leggy, top-heavy, or unwieldy.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2025
For starters, there’s the top-heavy, tank-like design with controls set above the door.
—Emily Farris, Bon Appétit, 18 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for top-heavy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for top-heavy
Adjective
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This upgrade eliminates the need for bulky recording hardware and minimizes disruptions caused by technical failures, a press release asserted.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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Equipped with bulky bodies, these dinosaurs also boasted long legs, short arms, and small heads with beaks.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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While negative in tone, Morgan Stanley kept its overweight buy rating on Goldman.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
13 Mar. 2025
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Dave Blunts has been a huge topic of conversation among the Hip-Hop community on social media for being overweight.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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Her hair styled into a voluminous bouffant, Sunday Rose wore a chocolate brown latex top with a keyhole neckline paired with a mustard-yellow latex skirt.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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Equally headline-worthy was Chappell Roan, who brought a sense of theatricality to the mix—especially at Valentino, where the singer donned a voluminous lace and floral gown.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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But despite the outsize interest in Williams and Wilmore’s mission, a number of astronauts have had their stays in space extended without warning.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
18 Mar. 2025
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Knowing how to create the perfect sleep environment will have an outsize effect on your general wellbeing as well.—
Miranda Silva,
Architectural Digest,
17 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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“Top-heavy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top-heavy. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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