Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
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sizable .
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- adjective
fairly large
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective fairly large
- adjective large in amount or extent or degree
Etymologies
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Examples
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At least they can credit you with bring in sizeable tourism.
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But if the failure of the cablegram on that first day may be called an immense disaster, where is the dictionary that can turn out a phrase sizeable enough to describe the tenth day's failure?
The American Claimant Mark Twain 1872
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The buried material had "overflowed" its excavation site and was growing into what some described as a sizeable mound.
billingsgazette.com 2009
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The yield on the benchmark 10-year Italian bond peaked earlier Wednesday at 7.09%, despite what some traders described as sizeable bond purchases by the ECB, before dipping back to 6.95% around 1548 GMT.
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The yield on the benchmark 10-year Italian bond peaked earlier Wednesday at 7.09%, despite what some traders described as sizeable bond purchases by the ECB, before dipping back to 6.95% around 1548 GMT.
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But misdial a toll-free number and you could wind up connected to a con artist who wants to sneak a sizeable charge on to your phone bill.
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I felt that the Caribbean needed to support its Chinese people, she says, referring to the sizeable Chinese communities in Trinidad and Jamaica.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Located behind the library is what can only be described as a sizeable restoration project.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Located behind the library is what can only be described as a sizeable restoration project.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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Located behind the library is what can only be described as a sizeable restoration project.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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