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Recent Examples of sizable As countries worldwide seek ways to offset declining birth rates, a widespread remote-work model could provide a sizable baby boom, researchers and analysts said. Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025 Beyond rides, live music and parades featuring lighthouses, someone might walk away this year with a sizeable boost to their bank account — maybe as high as a million dollars. John Tufts, IndyStar, 29 Sep. 2025 Last year, Hayward officials made some significant miscalculations in the city’s budget — overestimating revenue, underestimating expenses and making a sizable purchase of a movie theater downtown that drained $31 million from the city’s reserves, according to city officials. Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025 Moldova’s sizeable diaspora was crucial in securing Sandu’s reelection in 2024, but analysts said Russia campaigned to demotivate those more liberal voters this time. Helen Regan, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sizable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sizable
Adjective
  • Each bedroom is big enough to hold at least a full-size bed, if not larger, and there’s room to add some type of storage—a must-have for families who want to go tiny.
    Katrina Cossey, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Containment is part of a larger plan for managing a wildfire.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Sportsnet, owned by Canadian media conglomerate Rogers Communications, is the Canadian rights-holder for all Blue Jays games, as well as being the Canadian rights-holder for a substantial package of MLB regular-season games and the entire postseason.
    Richard Deitsch, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Anyone who requires dialysis is covered by Medicare at substantial cost to taxpayers, Norton says.
    Andrea Hsu, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Kremlin’s influence has been considerable in Moldova.
    John E. Herbst, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The Swamp re-opened in 2022 after having to move from its original building of 25 years, which was purchased and razed (to considerable local outrage); its spirit lives on in the new location just four minutes away from the first.
    Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Tribal nations report no immediate significant effects on services like healthcare and education.
    Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • So then the woman tried calling out to other significant names in her life.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • More pertinently, if Iroegbunam or Gueye tired or did not screen passes correctly (shown below), Rogers and Emiliano Buendia had huge spaces to receive and turn, owing to Everton’s deep centre-backs refusing to step out.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Mason had a huge game against the Bengals in Week 3, racking up 116 yards and two touchdowns on two carries.
    Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Hernández’s issues in right field are well-documented, and the Dodgers already had to overcome one major miscue this postseason during Game 2 of the Wild Card Series.
    Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This is important because Kane is 32, Gnabry is 30, and 23-year-old Olise will surely be subject to vast offers to go back to the Premier League in the coming seasons.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The vast majority of people want to be productive members of society and contribute to their communities.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025

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