outsize

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This helps protect index funds from having an outsize influence on a stock that doesn’t have many shares to trade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Change has become the norm, black swans proliferate like starlings, and the ability to navigate through the flux makes the difference between outsize success and obsolescence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Many observers noted an outsize jump last month of 70,000 leisure and hospitality workers, which seemed related to the coming World Cup.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

This means retail investors have benefited from the semiconductor rally — however, they could see outsize losses if the trend reverses.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Jutta drags herself closer; she watches her brother with outsize eyes.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr