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

But, the pop on those deals is outsize: On average, they have had first-day gains of about 32%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

“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

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

Now his legs and arms were so emaciated that I could see all the bones in them, and his knee and elbow joints looked outsize, with the flesh shrunk away.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French