as in giant
unusually large
a supersize truck with an impressive towing capacity
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as in to increase
to make greater in size, amount, or number
we'll have to supersize our contributions to our retirement fund
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Recent Examples of supersize
Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2025
Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Dec. 2025
This elaborate, supersize creation marks the beginning of the holiday season at the 100-year-old building and is as anticipated by Memphians and out-of-towners as Santa Claus himself.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
The supersize 50th-anniversary edition of the deadly Hunger Games, also known as the second Quarter Quell, has 16-year-old Haymitch Abernathy competing as one of 48 tributes.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2025
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Riverside Church, too, was supersized by steel, the product that grew stronger at the speed of a growing puppy, allowing buildings to put on ever more muscle and height.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Dec. 2025
This elaborate, supersize creation marks the beginning of the holiday season at the 100-year-old building and is as anticipated by Memphians and out-of-towners as Santa Claus himself.
—Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for supersize
Adjective
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The mild temperatures, the melt, and gravity conspired to destroy the back window of a car when a giant icicle came crashing through it.—
Ross Guidotti,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Investors in this study include everything from giant companies controlling thousands of houses to folks with a small collection of rentals to short-term rental operators to people with a second home.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
11 Feb. 2026
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The program will start with 3,000 volunteers to be selected next summer and will gradually increase to 10,000 per year by 2030.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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Allowing its use on these two common crops will drastically expand how much is applied and increase harm, advocates say.—
Michael Phillis,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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And also there’s a huge music staff with a lot of know-how and really, really deep knowledge and contacts and relationships in that space.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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Caudle told The Associated Press in a recent interview that his vision is to deploy smaller, newer ships when possible instead of consistently turning to huge aircraft carriers.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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For many schools, that means expanding technical education classes, building partnerships with local businesses, and getting creative with transporting teens — some just on the cusp of learning to drive — to part-time work.—
Carley Lanich,
IndyStar,
10 Feb. 2026
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Powered by rapid advances in embodied intelligence, China’s humanoid robots are advancing rapidly, expanding their potential roles in both industrial settings and home environments.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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Inside, explore your senses with gigantic mirrors and specialized lights.—
Elena Donovan Mauer,
Parents,
8 Feb. 2026
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Behind the credit card, ubiquitous in American economic life now for decades, stand a very few gigantic financial institutions that exert nearly unlimited power over how much consumers and businesses pay for the use of a small piece of plastic.—
Carter Dougherty,
Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Lawmakers in European powerhouse Germany have approved a government plan to attract more military recruits as the country tries to boost the ranks of its armed forces in the face of rising concern about the threat posed by Russia.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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The robust demand for hard drives and flash storage amid the ongoing AI wave is boosting the company’s business.—
TipRanks,
CNBC,
8 Feb. 2026
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Wall Street wants to see evidence that these enormous expenditures will result in actual profits.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Republican leaders must stay closely aligned with Trump, of course, while Schumer and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are under enormous pressure to resist the president.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Senate’s bill would tie some community development grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to housing production, offering bonuses to local governments that accelerate homebuilding while reducing funding for those that fall behind.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
8 Feb. 2026
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His move to the Sandringham estate was accelerated after the latest batch of Epstein files were released, and after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was seen waving to photographers and bystanders at Windsor Castle, as if nothing had happened.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Supersize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/supersize. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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