outsize

Example Sentences

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The company had initially targeted up to $42 billion, but upped the issuance after outsize demand.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

A handful of schools have outsize positions that make up a tenth or more of their endowments, unusual scenarios for institutions that typically aim to have well-diversified investment portfolios.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

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

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

Newsome Park was an outsize replica of virtually every Negro community in the South, where racial segregation fostered economic integration.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly