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Recent Examples of size up
Reviewers have also pointed out that the style runs small, so size up for best results.
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
This versatile jute rug in any size up to 4x6' is far under $500 this Labor Day weekend.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 26 Aug. 2025
Ashcraft, who checks in at 6-foot-1 and 250 pounds, gives the team some size up front; so does the 210-pound Avelar.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
The large downward revision indicating that the company has not been able to accurately size up demand.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
This versatile jute rug in any size up to 4x6' is far under $500 this Labor Day weekend.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 26 Aug. 2025
Ashcraft, who checks in at 6-foot-1 and 250 pounds, gives the team some size up front; so does the 210-pound Avelar.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
The large downward revision indicating that the company has not been able to accurately size up demand.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for size up
hear
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As much as the 49ers try to shield themselves from media speculation, Bethune couldn’t help but hear that their defense was in a bad way with Warner gone.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2025
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The universal love is the applause, either heard in person or received from afar, a love reinforced by the sense of an instant, intimate family—a life backstage or in the trailer, far more interesting than the often unhappy family left behind.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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