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Recent Examples of top-heavy
The phone feels more balanced and less top-heavy than phones that have three or four cameras mounted to chunky aluminum surrounds.
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ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
Finally, while Gourde and Bjorkstrand have upgraded the depth, this is still a relatively top-heavy forward group.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Talk about top-heavy — the 2025 Blue Grass is delightfully, luxuriously top-heavy.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
That bad drafting is why the roster was so top-heavy.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 10 Apr. 2025
Finally, while Gourde and Bjorkstrand have upgraded the depth, this is still a relatively top-heavy forward group.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Talk about top-heavy — the 2025 Blue Grass is delightfully, luxuriously top-heavy.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
That bad drafting is why the roster was so top-heavy.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for top-heavy
Adjective
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Portable steamers and irons are bulky and require an outlet, time, and patience.—
Rylee Johnston,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Apr. 2025
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The frames are also bulkier, giving the glasses an oversized, stylish look.—
Christopher Murray,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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That’s because for years, target date funds have been overweight in international stocks, said Jason Kephart, a senior principal of multi-asset strategy ratings at Morningstar.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2025
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Some 65 percent of reserve component personnel were overweight or had obesity based on data from 2018.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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His lead counsel insisted that she be allowed to take on a second high-profile capital case despite the voluminous discovery in this case.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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The dress featured an off-the-shoulder neckline and A-line skirt along with a voluminous cape element at the back.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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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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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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But to political scientists the image appears to laud Ukrainians’ outsize courage in contrast to foreign leaders who have appeared to be afraid of Russian nuclear threats.—
Ernesto Verdeja,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2025
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This results in a kind of cellular geometry, which Yunker found plays an outsize role in a biofilm’s overall fitness, measured by its ability to expand and take in nutrients.—
Carrie Arnold,
Quanta Magazine,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Another title win for Charlotte would have been a massive step back for Stratton and a way for WWE to pull back the reigns on what had been a substantial push for the former Ms. Money in the Bank.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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When paired with a frame as a single joypad or used as individual, motion-sensing grips, the Joy-Con 2s are as comfortable as their predecessors were on the Switch 1—possibly a little more so, thanks to slightly larger, more substantial thumbsticks.—
Matt Kamen,
Wired News,
20 Apr. 2025
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“Top-heavy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top-heavy. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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