outsize

Example Sentences

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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

Yet this tension of scale—intimate objects with outsize implications—animates the show.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

That means gold stocks—given their outsize responses to the commodity’s price moves—have the potential for returns above 15% over that period.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

He said it’s a case of positive news flow leading to outsize stock moves given what’s been a low bar for IBM.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Now his legs and arms were so emaciated that I could see all the bones in them, and his knee and elbow joints looked outsize, with the flesh shrunk away.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French