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Tadeh Ghazalian, owner of Dialog, was still sizing up the damage to his restaurant the other day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Online shopping, says Charlotte, “is something I avoid, especially as I get older — I just don’t have the patience to decode the sizing differences of four different brands selling basically the same shirt.”
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Herring is also more descriptive about sizing for dresses, tops and other items, noting if they tend to be oversize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The retailer has not addressed the allegations in the documentary, or the criticisms for its exclusive sizing.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
We stood there for a while, sizing each other up.
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
I'm sure they have large numerations of sizings and shapings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sizars at Cambridge are properly students in receipt of certain allowances called sizings.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
Dr. Holyoke, who graduated in 1746, says, the "breakfast was two sizings of bread and a cue of beer."
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
According to the former of these gentlemen, who graduated in 1746, the "breakfast was two sizings of bread and a cue of beer"; and "evening commons were a pye."
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
If any one wished for more than was provided, he was obliged to size it, i.e. order from the kitchen or buttery, and this was charged as extra commons or sizings in the quarter-bill.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
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