life-size
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of life-size
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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Around that time, an office prankster briefly erected a life-size cardboard cutout of imprisoned crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried—a joke partly about how similar Coplan, a fellow crypto billionaire, is in appearance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Lucas wanted to see a life-size replica of the all-terrain unicycle, so the museum made one, fanged and ferocious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Rather, they are the kind of larger than life-size illuminated molar that – in these parts at least – advertise that a dental clinic is not too far away.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
A 31-foot predator that once hunted dinosaurs across what is now the eastern United States has been reconstructed in scientifically accurate, life-size form for the first time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
There are about a dozen photos under a banner titled “Duct Tape Boat Regatta 2011–2018,” and each shows a variety of life-size rafts made of cardboard and duct tape.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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