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sizing

[sahy-zing] / ˈsaɪ zɪŋ /


NOUN
starch
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First introduced in 1988, the Omega Speedmaster Reduced took the Speedmaster Professional — which comes in a sizable 42mm case sizing — and slimmed it down to a chill 39mm.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

“We’re ants, we’re nothing,” I remember him saying, sizing up the state of the American left.

From Slate Aug. 7, 2026

Online shopping, says Charlotte, “is something I avoid, especially as I get older — I just don’t have the patience to decode the sizing differences of four different brands selling basically the same shirt.”

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

Meanwhile, sizing studies done on the SPR in the 1970s recommended an inventory minimum of 250 million barrels.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

“That city’s beatin’ on you, ain’t it?” she said, sizing up Dad first.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds

I'm sure they have large numerations of sizings and shapings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sizars at Cambridge are properly students in receipt of certain allowances called sizings.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley

Dr. Holyoke, who graduated at Harvard College in 1746, says: "The breakfast was two sizings of bread and a cue of beer."

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall

Dr. Holyoke, who graduated in 1746, says, the "breakfast was two sizings of bread and a cue of beer."

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall

For the mere cup and trencher, we no doubt Fared passing well; but as for merriment10 And sport, without which salt and sauces season The cheer but scantily, our sizings were Even of the narrowest.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Ernest Hartley Coleridge




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