outsize in the PONS Dictionary

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Considering the modest compensation and outsized personal risk, it is fair to ask what draws people to this field.
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In the 19th century, the icon screen was restored, the galleries and apses were expanded, and several outsize domed porches were added.
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They include outsize animals -- look out for the sinister kitten and malevolent raven -- and characters whose hands turn into claws.
www.telegraph.co.uk
Communist revolutionaries in the 20th century had similar dedication and outsized impacts.
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But when businesses employ similarly outsized tactics to spread the word about their companies, building buzz alone isn't enough.
www.inc.com
Train and others created a structure that allowed them to realize outsize profits during the construction of the railroad.
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Live theater can tolerate outsize gestures, rickety sets and willful illusionism more easily than film, which is a stubbornly literal-minded medium...
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At other times it is because they are too outsize.
www.ft.com
Wore an outsize, steel-lined fedora from beneath which his weak, watery eyes missed everything.
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The firm's careful and selective investment approach creates long term value with an emphasis on capital preservation and outsized returns.
www.stockhouse.com

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