adjective
noun
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a size larger than the usual or proper size
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something that is oversize
Etymology
Origin of oversize
Example Sentences
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Steel casement windows and oversize doors used throughout the house are salvaged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Mark Zuckerberg was superglued into those Brunello Cucinelli gray T-shirts until he started wearing oversize Amiri tees in an effort to seem cooler.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
Some of those final looks — oversize grommets, exposed midriff, black leather, red sequined zebra print — made me want to untz untz untz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
When an oversize book was published in the months after Sept. 11, 2001, and rose quickly to the No. 1 spot on nonfiction bestseller lists, its title seemed a perfect two-word distillation of America’s mood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
She is at my locker—only it doesn’t look like my locker, because there are balloons and an oversize card taped on it.
From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson
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