outsize

Example Sentences

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Given their outsize weight in major indexes and influence on overall sentiment, shifts in these names often set the tone for equities more broadly.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Gasoline prices can play an outsize role in consumer psychology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The R&D organization had an outsize influence on 20th-century technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Investors have largely been focused on Gilead’s HIV drug portfolio, which includes its blockbuster treatment Biktarvy and prevention drugs that have an outsize contribution to the company’s top line.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

As a child, Petey would catch a glimpse of herself in a mirror or a window or the surface of a still pond and find her own outsize features interesting and unusual—unforgettable even.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby