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Recent Examples of top-heavy
While dwarf varieties of foxglove (Digitalis spp.) will often get by without staking, taller types tend to become top-heavy.
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Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2025
Men’s Pro Singles Recap The back end of the Men’s Singles draw was top-heavy for sure, with three of the top four seeds advancing into the semis.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Despite being so top-heavy both financially and on the field, the WSL plans to expand from 12 teams to 14 in 2026-27.
—Molly Geary, Sportico.com, 5 July 2025
Betting less heavily on the top-heavy tech names in indexes and sectors has worked well here, too with Invesco's S&P 500 Equal Weight Communication Services ETF (RSPC), up close to 11% year-to-date.
—Afshan Musani, CNBC, 30 June 2025
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Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2025
Men’s Pro Singles Recap The back end of the Men’s Singles draw was top-heavy for sure, with three of the top four seeds advancing into the semis.
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Despite being so top-heavy both financially and on the field, the WSL plans to expand from 12 teams to 14 in 2026-27.
—Molly Geary, Sportico.com, 5 July 2025
Betting less heavily on the top-heavy tech names in indexes and sectors has worked well here, too with Invesco's S&P 500 Equal Weight Communication Services ETF (RSPC), up close to 11% year-to-date.
—Afshan Musani, CNBC, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for top-heavy
Adjective
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In 2021, the film still seemed a go — with Hogan sharing an appreciative photo of the Thor actor showing off some bulky arms on Instagram.—
Sharareh Drury,
People.com,
24 July 2025
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Scaling its use requires overcoming hurdles related to the transportation of bulky materials, establishing local milling facilities and securing access to renewable energy.—
Sahit Muja,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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In 2022, more than 2.5 billion adults globally were overweight, of whom 890 million were obese, according to the World Health Organization .—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
24 July 2025
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Being overweight or obese can mean a person is much more susceptible to debilitating long-term conditions like diabetes, heart disease and stroke.—
Hank Naughton,
Boston Herald,
22 July 2025
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But given her job and role as a public intellectual, her broader media and information diet is necessarily varied and voluminous.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
31 July 2025
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Her look was complemented by a voluminous curly hairstyle.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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While the attempts to create massy cinema land fine for most parts, Dhawan does not quite emerge as the larger-than-life south-Indian hero set to rule the audience merely with his presence.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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While the attempts to create massy cinema land fine for most parts, Dhawan does not quite emerge as the larger-than-life south-Indian hero set to rule the audience merely with his presence.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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The Trump administration says the law imposes burdensome red tape on the production of eggs and egg products across the country because of the state’s outsize role in the national economy.—
Brit Morse,
Fortune,
11 July 2025
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In fact, the cracks in that system are why nonprofits like ours now play an outsize role in disaster response.—
Nick Allardice,
Time,
10 July 2025
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Driven by online forums and influencers, meme stock surges can result in significant gains for some investors while causing substantial losses for short sellers.—
Ricardo Torres,
jsonline.com,
26 July 2025
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The cost overruns are substantial but, on the positive side, our Country is doing very well and can afford just about anything — Even the cost of this building!—
Anna Commander
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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“Top-heavy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/top-heavy. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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