outsize
Example Sentences
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The S&P 500 is weighted by market capitalization, so large companies have an outsize impact on index performance.
From MarketWatch
Now, nearly a year later, fans, social activists and those who fought their own battles with insurers are making outsize efforts around the case of the 27-year old Ivy League graduate.
With so much of the U.S. economy powered by consumer spending, holiday shopping decisions can have an outsize impact.
From MarketWatch
Some beards are big enough for a giant, befitting Brancusi’s outsize artistic reputation.
From Los Angeles Times
Apple engineers its brand as carefully as its devices, helping it charge premium prices that in turn drive outsize profits.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
