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or life-sized
: of natural size : of the size of the original
a life-size statue
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After centuries of excavations, the exhibition’s organizers have much to work with, ranging from ancient graffiti scrawled on the walls of private houses to the two nearly life-size statues of a man and woman that were discovered earlier this year, per a statement.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2025
There are four front steps bracketed by two huge urns, half a dozen Corinthian columns, and six life-size maidens, possible goddesses.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Little beasts were well suited to life-size depiction, making their bodies interchangeable with their rendering (especially parts of their anatomy that were essentially two dimensional).
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
At the new University City Regional Library branch, which opened in February, visitors can see one of the library’s latest art acquisitions: a life-size replica of an appaloosa horse.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2025
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2025
There are four front steps bracketed by two huge urns, half a dozen Corinthian columns, and six life-size maidens, possible goddesses.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Little beasts were well suited to life-size depiction, making their bodies interchangeable with their rendering (especially parts of their anatomy that were essentially two dimensional).
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
At the new University City Regional Library branch, which opened in February, visitors can see one of the library’s latest art acquisitions: a life-size replica of an appaloosa horse.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 28 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for life-size
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“Life-size.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life-size. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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