sizing

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Apparel companies face a surge in returns, with one seeing a 50% increase, primarily due to customers sizing down from weight-loss drugs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Typically investors sizing up builders compare price to book value, which measures what a company would be worth if liquidated.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Watching the dot-com crash, then 2008, then the pandemic drops, changed how I think about position sizing and cutting losses.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Initially thinking the inscription was Ian Drew before discovering no such soldier existed, the sizing on the letters indicated there was a capital missing from the start of the name.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Covertly we regard each other, sizing up each other’s bellies: is anyone lucky?

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood