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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“Too late,” I said grinning back, my joy as oversize as my new dress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Qatari plane was built for royalty with oversize lie-flat leather seats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
He wears a baseball cap and an oversize brown sweater, tugging on the sleeves while he ponders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
He battled oversize cannibals, outmaneuvered a witch and lost scores of men at every turn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The boy on the fiddle turns a knob on an oversize boom box, cranks up the volume, and starts strumming.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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