sizable
adjective
siz·able
ˈsī-zə-bəl 
variants
or sizeable
: fairly large : considerable
a sizable donation
sizableness
noun
Examples of sizable in a Sentence
a sizable portion of the population
He won by a sizable margin.
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The sizable disparity has led economists—when such proposals were previously made—to question whether tariffs could come close to offsetting the fiscal impacts of abolishing income tax while still allowing the government to pare down the national debt.
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
Corporations including Tencent, Xiaomi, Alibaba Group and BYD Global pledged sizable donations to recovery efforts, as did Chinese billionaire Jack Ma.
—Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 27 Nov. 2025
At the same time, sizable layoffs have continued to pile up — raising worker anxieties across sectors.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
But then there's the Shining riff Doctor Sleep, which only raised $72 million against a sizable $45 million budget in 2018.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Nov. 2025
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
Corporations including Tencent, Xiaomi, Alibaba Group and BYD Global pledged sizable donations to recovery efforts, as did Chinese billionaire Jack Ma.
—Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 27 Nov. 2025
At the same time, sizable layoffs have continued to pile up — raising worker anxieties across sectors.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025
But then there's the Shining riff Doctor Sleep, which only raised $72 million against a sizable $45 million budget in 2018.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sizable
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“Sizable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sizable. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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