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Recent Examples of overlarge
The onslaught of intensity works, thanks to choices the restaurant makes in portioning (not overlarge) and service (not over-rushed), which gives the palate a bit of time to regroup between happy sighs.
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
True, few of the cast members are on stage long enough to make overlarge impressions, and those that are – with the exception of Parsons – don’t always make the most of the opportunity.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
Where the gumball eyes used to be bulging and overlarge, the new chocolate pieces appear to be smaller morsels — a look that has been met with disapproving opinions on social media.
—Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
This one is spacious enough for two adults without feeling overlarge.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2023
For decades new builds in Los Angeles have resembled overlarge white cubes.
—Helena Madden, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2022
Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
True, few of the cast members are on stage long enough to make overlarge impressions, and those that are – with the exception of Parsons – don’t always make the most of the opportunity.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
Where the gumball eyes used to be bulging and overlarge, the new chocolate pieces appear to be smaller morsels — a look that has been met with disapproving opinions on social media.
—Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
This one is spacious enough for two adults without feeling overlarge.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2023
For decades new builds in Los Angeles have resembled overlarge white cubes.
—Helena Madden, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlarge
Adjective
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San Jose has been boosting enforcement on RV encampments, and in 2022, Mountain View designated three miles of streets for oversized vehicles after being sued by the ACLU for their initial ban.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Roberts plays Alma, a Yale philosophy professor seeking tenure, who is the picture of working woman poise in oversize blazers, lots of white, loafers and trousers.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And, yes, the flesh-and-bone Panthers get to run through a properly inflated tunnel, accompanied by blasts of smoke and the marching band playing the fight song.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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For years, Bloom was hyped as a Silicon Valley unicorn, but in 2012 the SEC charged an investment bank working with Bloom of using inflated numbers to mislead investors.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As the head of a startup, Wood is familiar with the challenge of an overloaded schedule.—
Megan Sauer,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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For years, the power lines, poles and transformers on the aging circuit, known by the number 135-22, that serves his neighborhood, increasingly became overloaded.—
Ivan Penn,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In the over 40 years since Taxi ended, the show’s living castmates have stayed good friends, often reuniting.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Best bet: Over 9.5 Wins (+100 at FanDuel) -- 1 unit Best Las Vegas Raiders 2025 Win Total Bet The Raiders jumped out to me as a great over bet when win totals were released back in April.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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So there Wilson went toward the overflowing Aces’ bench.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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The more unexpected takeaway was the show's graphic depiction of an overflowing toilet as the climax of the episode, which was set on Thanksgiving Day.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Overlarge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlarge. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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