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Recent Examples of top-heavy
While Harris Reed had more exaggerated bottom lashes and more clustered to the outer wing, lashes at Dreaming Eli were more centered and top-heavy, leaving the bottom lashes natural.
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Essence, 23 Sep. 2025
If your lashes are too top-heavy, the mascara may weigh your lashes down and cause the opposite effect.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2025
Cramer is referencing the idea that some investors worry the market has become too top-heavy and are looking for stock opportunities in potentially under-the-radar places.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
The Raiders are a top-heavy team built to press the softest pressure points on Vrabel’s roster.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
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Essence, 23 Sep. 2025
If your lashes are too top-heavy, the mascara may weigh your lashes down and cause the opposite effect.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2025
Cramer is referencing the idea that some investors worry the market has become too top-heavy and are looking for stock opportunities in potentially under-the-radar places.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
The Raiders are a top-heavy team built to press the softest pressure points on Vrabel’s roster.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for top-heavy
Adjective
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Or, call on its air pump function, which can be used to remove air from vacuum storage bags, to store off-season clothing in minutes (without having to break out a bulky vacuum).—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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My first budget-friendly starter poles, a pair from Cascade Mountain, were a bit too bulky and stiff for my liking.—
Anna Fiorentino,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Oct. 2025
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Keybanc resumes Amazon as overweight Key says Amazon shares are compelling.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Pentagon chief responded tersely after a viral backlash to a photo of a group of overweight Texas National Guard troops headed to Chicago.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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Its big puffy sleeves are voluminous, comfy, and chic, and the full-length zipper leads all the way up to a varsity jacket-esque collar.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Oct. 2025
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The gown featured a drop waist with a voluminous skirt with a bevy of fabric ruching and slight textural contrast.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
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While the attempts to create massy cinema land fine for most parts, Dhawan does not quite emerge as the larger-than-life south-Indian hero set to rule the audience merely with his presence.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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All objects that have mass interact with other massy objects—that’s called gravitational interaction.—
Wired,
Wired,
6 Nov. 2019
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With more than 15,000 employees, Tomasso has penned over 500 notes—and believes the small gesture has an outsized impact.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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The field marshal In the thick of warming ties, analysts say, is Field Marshal Asim Munir, the chief of Pakistan’s powerful military, which has long played an outsize role in the country’s often tumultuous politics.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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Appointments follow months of policy controversy The appointments mark the next step taken by Sumner County conservatives to pass the controversial policy, which has seen substantial pushback for First Amendment concerns.—
Angele Latham,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
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But Mamdani’s substantial campaign promises would require significant outside help to ultimately come to fruition, including cooperation from state legislators and Governor Kathy Hochul, who has vowed not to hike taxes on wealthy New Yorkers.—
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Top-heavy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top-heavy. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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