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1
as in gigantic
unusually large
built a king-size mansion with the money he had made in the stock market
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2
as in elongated
of great extent from end to end
the king-size snake known as the anaconda
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Recent Examples of king-size
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This weighted blanket has ten weight options ranging from 12 to 30 pounds and comes in three sizes that will cover a twin to a king-size bed.
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Toni Sutton, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
Each one comes with a king-size bed, air-conditioning and heating, and Wi-Fi.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2025
The primary suite, directly off the foyer is sunny and big enough for a king-size bed.
—Angela Serratore, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Their bedroom is large enough for a king-size bed, an armoire, and a rounded table where Keenlyside is getting her own creative production and design studio called Casa Yaya off the ground, while the den has a sectional that can turn into a bed.
—Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 9 Jan. 2025
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Toni Sutton, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
Each one comes with a king-size bed, air-conditioning and heating, and Wi-Fi.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2025
The primary suite, directly off the foyer is sunny and big enough for a king-size bed.
—Angela Serratore, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Their bedroom is large enough for a king-size bed, an armoire, and a rounded table where Keenlyside is getting her own creative production and design studio called Casa Yaya off the ground, while the den has a sectional that can turn into a bed.
—Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for king-size
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One thing management certainly has announced is a gigantic restructuring of TV and digital assets.—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
30 Jan. 2025
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Authorities have built a gigantic tent city on the banks of the rivers to accommodate the millions of pilgrims and tourists attending the festival -- equipped with 3,000 kitchens, 150,000 toilets, roads, electricity, water, communication towers and 11 hospitals, according to the Associated Press.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
29 Jan. 2025
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However, as the comet recedes from the sun, planetary perturbations will make the orbit even more elongated, so the next return to perihelion (of whatever of it is that is still left of it) will be about 600,000 years hence.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Another catchy song with elongated, ethereal harmonies that capture the temptation of infidelity.—
Bryan West,
The Tennessean,
18 Apr. 2024
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Fawzi recalled that the protests in Deir ez-Zor led to a huge event in the central square, in which some twenty thousand people assembled and a statue of Bassel al-Assad was knocked to the ground.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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As a huge fan of the original, this is good news to me!—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
27 Jan. 2025
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Some feature high waists to elongate legs or pleats to conjure old-school élan worthy of Cary Grant.—
Charlie Teasdale,
WSJ,
21 Nov. 2023
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The fragment, which was cleaved from its fecal parent with a pair of wire cutters, resembles a chunk of light-colored concrete with darker, elongate inclusions that Chin recognizes as bone.—
Karen Wright,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2019
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The report card draws on long-term population data to shed light on how otters, giant sea bass, Garibaldi fish and other animals are doing.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2025
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The family-style feast includes fan-favorite dishes like the 18-ounce giant meatball, Nonna’s Sunday Gravy Pasta, chicken Parmigiana, Mediterranean brick-oven pizza and more.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2025
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The layers helped to create plenty of volume, with the longest of her spirals hitting the back of her neck and the shortest giving her the cutest curly bangs.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
31 Jan. 2025
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What To Know The NOAA explains that atmospheric rivers are long, narrow bands in the atmosphere that transport large amounts of water vapor from the tropics.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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In hearings Wednesday and Thursday, senators questioned President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., over his fitness to be the country's top health official and control the mammoth $1.7 trillion agency.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
31 Jan. 2025
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In shorthand, with Marcus Johansson’s $2 million also coming off the books, the Wild will have more than roughly $22 million in available cap space when free agency begins July 1, a mammoth increase from what general manager Bill Guerin has had at his disposal for the past two offseasons.—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
31 Jan. 2025
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That was in 1913, to be fair, before Venturi or anybody else had heard of Giorgio Morandi, colossal exception to the Italian-still-life rule, and to most others.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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The Stranger Things team is once again teasing a colossal final season.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Jan. 2025
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“King-size.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/king-size. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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