as in largeness
the quality or state of being large in size
the sheer bigness of the 50-pound pumpkin made us want to buy it
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There’s something profoundly beautiful about presenting an opportunity to build community, even better when others accept the generosity.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
10 Apr. 2026 -
The Tuscan landscape looks lovely, and the film demonstrates a generosity toward its characters that, let’s face it, feels like a balm when the real world can be so stupid and rough.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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But all of that greatness would have been in vain if his partner for the past decade-plus — his perfect foil — Green, didn’t find a way to turn back the clock as well.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Having this premiere at the only high school in Gary was intentional, and city leaders hope youngsters growing up there can recognize that greatness comes from the city.—
Jermont Terry,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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His relaxed point of view is a far cry from the grandness or the grittiness that marked the work of Western painters past like Frederic Remington or Albert Bierstadt.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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But the grandness of these dreams butts up against the precarity that their dreamers are facing.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2026
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Right now, the comet is hovering just below magnitude +6, according to the Comet Observation database, so already technically on the edge of naked-eye visibility under very dark night skies.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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The magnitude of that benefit could have significant implications for how widely the drug will be used, and how the company’s stock will react to its late-stage data.—
Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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This clever design reduces the bulkiness of standard models and stays hidden under your clothing via different-sized inserts.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
7 Apr. 2026
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Remove bulkiness from thick hair by opting for a shaggy pixie.—
Audrey Noble,
InStyle,
13 Jan. 2026
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On an average day, Curaçao’s eclectic energy animates the island, but this period is especially boisterous—filled with costumed performers, twinkling floats, an abundance of music and good-natured, family-friendly revelry.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Apr. 2026
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Abel argued there was a shortage of manufacturing for specialty clothes like Wild Rye’s rather than an over-abundance.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Bigness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bigness. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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