outsize
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Liu made outsize profits for Vitol, where he was one of the leaders on the trading floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Chef Eric Greenspan has an admirably outsize ego.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
At the same time, races at the local level could have an outsize impact, including contests for control of the governor’s mansion and state house.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
“I don’t have shame about the fact that it’s been hard. I have never met a more humbling experience,” she said with an outsize emphasis on “never.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 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
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