outsize

Example Sentences

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For decades, Saudi Arabia played an outsize role thanks to its vast oil production and its special status in Islam as home to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Big Tech tumbled, with its outsize weighting overwhelming the index after the group also saw heavy losses in February amid worries over high valuations.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Small stocks’ performance was also outsize following the 1929 crash and the 1973-1974 Arab Oil Embargo using a different small-cap index.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

In that regard, investors shifting to buyers could have an outsize impact on stocks for April.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

She chopped onions fast and hard with an outsize heavy knife, something she had learned to do from a cooking video.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart