outsize

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“Their liquidity, scale, and outsize index weightings make them the path of least resistance, and therefore the most likely to absorb any broad-based selling or rotation,” the report said.

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

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

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

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