Adjective : a rack of outsize dresses; an outsize puppy; pampering an outsize ego. From Dictionary.com.
When the film finds itself inside Ken Adam's ingenious sets -- which recall his outsize designs from. From Wordnik.com. [Filmcritic.com Movie Reviews] Reference
But even that doesn't quite explain Cramer's outsize profile. From Wordnik.com. [Money's Loud Voice] Reference
But outsize government borrowings undermine the economy long-term. From Wordnik.com. [Neither A Borrower Nor...] Reference
Grace Stewart is another third-grader with an outsize personality. From Wordnik.com. [Children's book suggestions: 'Clementine,' 'Just Grace'] Reference
Our goal is a risk-free society, and this fosters many outsize fears. From Wordnik.com. [The Triumph Of The Psycho-Fact] Reference
As the ants prepare to go to war, more than outsize egos are at stake. From Wordnik.com. [Ants In Their Pants] Reference
Some recently published outsize volumes exercise both brains and biceps. From Wordnik.com. [Heavy Reading] Reference
Ferrell's outsize likability, though, continues to rub off on his subject. From Wordnik.com. [One Word: Stagetegery] Reference
Its finances are deformed by an outsize military-industrial establishment. From Wordnik.com. [How To Help Gorbachev] Reference
They were their own outsize tribe, "the last of the Gypsies," says McMahon. From Wordnik.com. [Why America's Hooked On Wrestling] Reference
The pontiff's outsize image dominated the front page of The New York Times. From Wordnik.com. [Preaching In The Rain] Reference
In part, that's because financials often carry outsize weight in the market. From Wordnik.com. [Investors Unconvinced, Despite Strong Quarterly Revenues] Reference
Of course, megabands still command outsize venues -- and proportionate ticket prices. From Wordnik.com. [THE NEW SCHOOL OF ROCK] Reference
Such initiatives, creative as they are, have an outsize and most unmuseum-like impact. From Wordnik.com. [FRANCE: PARIS RISING] Reference
The market rewarded that performance with outsize gains in the price of stocks (chart). From Wordnik.com. [Should You Be Worried?] Reference
But it's not just industry and agriculture that give Texas such an outsize carbon footprint. From Wordnik.com. [The CO2 State] Reference
Saddam's outsize ego, after all, is one thing that all his would-be mind readers can agree on. From Wordnik.com. [Reading Saddam's Mind] Reference
What many outsiders don't realize is that Christianity has long played an outsize role in Korea. From Wordnik.com. [Houses of the Hidden] Reference
It looks so lifelike that they almost believe there's a real person inhabiting this outsize face. From Wordnik.com. [Arts Extra: Less Is Mueck] Reference
Massive tallow brick walls encase crumbling five-story cell blocks, stacked like outsize headstones. From Wordnik.com. [Beating The Rap In Brazil] Reference
One man who is greatly enjoying being the subject of this outsize portraiture is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. From Wordnik.com. [The Year of Living Fearfully] Reference
After his downfall, troops found an outsize freezer full of cadavers, many belonging to student leaders. From Wordnik.com. [Lives Of The Dictators] Reference
With big brains and outsize egos, the young lawyers possessed a sure sense of history and their role in it. From Wordnik.com. [Bill And Hillary's Long, Hot Summer] Reference
Hedge funds as a group are having trouble posting the outsize returns they need to justify their high fees. From Wordnik.com. [Getting Clobbered?] Reference
Then there's the backbiting, none of it more outsize than the decadeslong feud between Casablancas and Ford. From Wordnik.com. [Absolutely Not Fabulous] Reference
Yet Karat (who was unavailable for comment) has nonetheless wielded outsize influence for more than three years. From Wordnik.com. [A Red Scare In Delhi] Reference
One thousand yards below, Rio de Janeiro's glass and granite skyline glistens in the sun like an outsize gemstone. From Wordnik.com. [Slumming Is Hot In Rio] Reference
With a tough lease and outsize rent, an old kitchen and monstrous debt, the business simply couldn't afford itself. From Wordnik.com. [SUDDENLY WIDOWED AND FIGHTING THE IRS] Reference
Can private-equity firms continue producing outsize returns with so much money pouring in and interest rates rising?. From Wordnik.com. [A Very Private Moment] Reference
It has a staff of only 11, yet it wields outsize influence through prodigious fund-raising and well-placed connections. From Wordnik.com. [Saving the Everglades] Reference
The wing isn't shaped in the familiar tapered curve, but rather more like a long cylinder fitted with outsize rotor blades. From Wordnik.com. [Flight Of Fancy] Reference
India's Constitution outlaws caste discrimination, but the age-old hierarchies continue to play an outsize role in life there. From Wordnik.com. [India’s Anti-Obama] Reference
On any December weekend British cars will far outnumber French at the outsize Cite Europe mall just yards from the tunnel's mouth. From Wordnik.com. [All Aboard The Booze Cruise] Reference
While the Japanese redefine SUVs, Detroit's outsize offerings, like the hulking new Ford Excursion, seem increasingly out of touch. From Wordnik.com. [Speed Bumps Ahead For Suvs] Reference
Not Bryant: In an industry where outsize egos are the norm, Gumbel's genuine affability and modesty help account for his popularity. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Gumbel's Marathon] Reference
"One by one," they've crossed Malone, Diller notes, agreeing that his own row may be seen as the end of an era of outsize media moguls. From Wordnik.com. [The Twilight of the Moguls] Reference
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