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Recent Examples of top-heavy
Large TVs are top-heavy and prone to tipping over with the slightest imbalance in their center of gravity.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
Cooper Neill/Getty Images The Eagles are already top-heavy at the wide receiver position.
—Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
For annuals that are top-heavy, add support with bamboo stakes or wire cages to keep the garden looking its best.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2025
The bottom third was actually beginning to make the lineup less top-heavy in the week prior to the deadline.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
Cooper Neill/Getty Images The Eagles are already top-heavy at the wide receiver position.
—Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
For annuals that are top-heavy, add support with bamboo stakes or wire cages to keep the garden looking its best.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2025
The bottom third was actually beginning to make the lineup less top-heavy in the week prior to the deadline.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for top-heavy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for top-heavy
Adjective
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One where the entire community would gather to stare blankly at price tags, sit on bulky massage chairs, and sample glossy pieces of teriyaki chicken in a grand dining hall.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
4 Sep. 2025
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The boxy fit will easily layer without feeling too bulky, and the front is fitted with functional pockets for my phone, headphones, and even some extra snacks.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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JPMorgan reiterates Nvidia as overweight JPMorgan said the stock remains well positioned in AI.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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The problem that Let’s Move meant to solve—approximately one in three children was overweight or obese—was serious, but the vibe was cool-mom fun.—
Tom Bartlett,
The Atlantic,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The Clayton Lean on the Clayton as your go-to when craving a denim style that falls somewhere between a voluminous wide-leg and those narrower, straight-leg styles.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Vogue,
5 Sep. 2025
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Fall’s offering includes voluminous trousers, sculptural dresses, relaxed suits, lots of knitwear and capsules for men in Motion Wool and Motion Nylon fabrics.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 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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All objects that have mass interact with other massy objects—that’s called gravitational interaction.—
Wired,
Wired,
6 Nov. 2019
Adjective
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Race cases Roberts has made a particularly outsized impact on law concerning race.—
Jan Wolfe,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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Far from a mirror into the present of commerce, $185 billion is a rather outsize speculation from investors that Anthropic, others like it, and surely countless others not remotely like it, will eventually invent a business environment that will in no way resemble that of the present.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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OpenAI also says there is a 45 percent to 65 percent reduction in factual errors over GPT-4, depending on the setting, as well as substantial gains in handling medical and coding tasks on industry-standard benchmarks.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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One brother for at least $100,000 over the years, the other somewhat less but still substantial – new cars, medical bills and other things.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Top-heavy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top-heavy. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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