outsize
Example Sentences
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While gasoline plays an outsize role in perceptions about affordability, diesel—key to truckers, construction machinery and farming equipment—is surging even higher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, and ServiceNow also posted outsize gains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The outsize nature of the production invites overacting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Investors won’t take the headline number at face value, as higher oil prices are the chief reason an outsize 0.4% increase in consumer prices is expected.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
He visualized its probable progress with agonizing clearness-that one would start slowly, drop from ledge to ledge, trundle across the neck like an outsize steam roller.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
