Definitions
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- adjective of an unusually large size
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
outsize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective larger than normal for its kind
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Examples
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I believe that long-term outsized investment returns can be achieved by spotting trends early and continuing to examine the underlying assumptions.
Forbes.com: News Darcy Travlos 2011
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I believe that long-term outsized investment returns can be achieved by spotting trends early and continuing to examine the underlying assumptions.
Forbes.com: News Darcy Travlos 2011
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I believe that long-term outsized investment returns can be achieved by spotting trends early and continuing to examine the underlying assumptions.
Forbes.com: News Darcy Travlos 2011
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Just how outsized is digital media’s presence in a child’s life?
Well Adjusted Teens Do Better on Social Media Sites | Impact Lab 2010
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President Obama has chosen a less dramatic path -- moral suasion -- calling the outsized bonuses "shameful" and going several times to Wall Street to appeal for change.
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After all, Lloyd Doggett, a Democratic representative of Texas and senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, recently called outsized severance packages for executives "outrageous."
Forbes.com: News Nathaniel Parish Flannery 2011
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Mr. SONDHEIM: No, I mean, we knew we were writing for that kind of outsized personality that she's got.
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Mr. SONDHEIM: No, I mean, we knew we were writing for that kind of outsized personality that she's got.
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As someone with experience training raptors for "outsized" quarry, I agree with Carl that this is not a difficult task, given firm grounding in basic techniques; although I take small exception to Carl's dim view of the motivations for doing this.
When eagles go bad, one more time... part II Darren Naish 2006
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Not every troubled-company workout generates for Third Avenue investors the kind of outsized profits that came from Whitman's decision to invest in bonds issued by a then-bankrupt Kmart.
Swimming Happily Against the Tide -- Third Avenue's Marty Whitman Finds Lots to Buy 2008
TankHughes commented on the word outsized
Twitter released a statement about not blocking or deleting world leader accounts. January 5, 2018:
"Elected world leaders play a critical role in that conversation because of their outsized impact on our society."
https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/949389322255519744
January 5, 2018