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1
as in giant
unusually large
built a king-size mansion with the money he had made in the stock market
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2
as in long
of great extent from end to end
the king-size snake known as the anaconda
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Recent Examples of king-size
The king-size quilt measures 90x180 inches, and also comes with two matching 20x36-inch shams.
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 May 2026
But my husband wanted a king-size bed.
—Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 20 May 2026
While 1800s Conestoga wagons were around 17 or 18 feet long, North Haven’s are 25 feet long and boast a king-size bed, twin bunk beds, climate control and even a mini-fridge, microwave and coffee maker.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 18 May 2026
Full and queen sizes include 2 standard pillowcases; King and California king include 2 king-size pillowcases, twin and twin XL include 1 standard pillowcase.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 30 Apr. 2026
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Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 May 2026
But my husband wanted a king-size bed.
—Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 20 May 2026
While 1800s Conestoga wagons were around 17 or 18 feet long, North Haven’s are 25 feet long and boast a king-size bed, twin bunk beds, climate control and even a mini-fridge, microwave and coffee maker.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 18 May 2026
Full and queen sizes include 2 standard pillowcases; King and California king include 2 king-size pillowcases, twin and twin XL include 1 standard pillowcase.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for king-size
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The museum’s centerpiece is the historic Percy & Small Shipyard, the nation’s only surviving shipyard from the large wooden vessel era and the site where the giant schooner Wyoming was built.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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According to this theory, those now-extinct megafauna—the giant ground sloths and the giant beavers, the mastodons and mammoths, and even the lions and dire wolves—were relatively quickly hunted to extinction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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In Germany, Woltemade’s fee was seen as excessive, especially considering his breakout campaign only came last season, while in England, a strong narrative emerged that Newcastle had panicked, given the disastrous summer-long Isak saga, and had signed a striker ill-suited to Howe’s tactics.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
10 Dec. 2025
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The multicolor bubble lamps sit on a long bed of faux holly and berries, which look elegant as a centerpiece or mantelpiece and harken back to childhood Christmases.—
Gabriela Izquierdo,
Southern Living,
10 Dec. 2025
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Miami knows a variety of sports on a gigantic scale more than most big cities.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
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And two, the logo is ugly and gigantic.—
Mariana Zapata,
Travel + Leisure,
15 June 2026
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The shoes featured an ultra-elongated and sharp pointed toe that added a modern twist to the traditional pump silhouette.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
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First, to manage intense exhaust heat within a compact structure, ARC utilizes an elongated double-divertor system at the top and bottom of the tokamak.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
4 June 2026
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Those tours largely became about Son, attracting huge crowds to games and fan events.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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Meta, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft all run very profitable businesses, and can afford these huge capital outlays.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
11 Dec. 2025
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In Geneva, Switzerland’s second-largest city and a hub of United Nations institutions and humanitarian groups, early results showed about two-thirds of voters in the region opposed the measure.—
Jamey Keaten,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Spain faces Cape Verde in its first match of the tournament on Monday, in a game it is expected to win by a large margin.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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That would be an enormous lift to Green Bay’s offense, as Kraft was having an All-Pro level season in 2025 before tearing his ACL.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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And that set off an enormous race, and then of course a trajectory of many labs adopting the technology for all kinds of applications.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
11 June 2026
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Yet vast price increases can also be found in New Jersey in hotels close to MetLife Stadium, which will host Brazil’s opening group-stage fixture against Morocco on June 13.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
10 Dec. 2025
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While the truce has largely held, also protecting Saudi Arabia and the UAE from unprecedented missile and drone strikes launched by Ansar Allah on their own territory, the group directed its vast arsenal widely suspected to be provided by Iran elsewhere two years later.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
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“King-size.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/king-size. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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