as in large
of a size greater than average of its kind
bulky packages might cost more to mail
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Recent Examples of bulky
The problem is, my sturdy 1-inch pruners are bulky in my pocket and tiring to use.
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Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
By Ashley Mateo October 30, 2024 7:23 AM EDT
Chest straps are more accurate than wristbands for measuring heart rate, but layering one that fully wraps around the torso under a sports bra is bulky and can chafe.
—Ashley Mateo, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
For example, some racks hold 500 pounds or less while others can support up to 2,000 pounds; some cater to a wide range of exercises, while others are limited to basic lifting; some are bulky, while others are compact and space-saving.
—Erin Bunch, SELF, 28 Oct. 2024
Size and Weight: This NAS may be bulkier than the average home or small business NAS, but that’s by design.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
By Ashley Mateo October 30, 2024 7:23 AM EDT
Chest straps are more accurate than wristbands for measuring heart rate, but layering one that fully wraps around the torso under a sports bra is bulky and can chafe.
—Ashley Mateo, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
For example, some racks hold 500 pounds or less while others can support up to 2,000 pounds; some cater to a wide range of exercises, while others are limited to basic lifting; some are bulky, while others are compact and space-saving.
—Erin Bunch, SELF, 28 Oct. 2024
Size and Weight: This NAS may be bulkier than the average home or small business NAS, but that’s by design.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulky
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Hezbollah is a 40-year-old organization with a large social base, a political party represented in Lebanon’s parliament and cabinet, and Iranian state backing.Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
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Incident types are numbered 1-5 — a type 1 incident is a large, complex wildfire affecting people and critical infrastructure, a type 5 incident is a small wildfire with few personnel involved.Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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The property occupies a sizable 6,426-square-foot lot.Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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My specific MacBook Pro configuration—with an M4 Pro, 48GB of memory, a 2TB SSD, and the nano-texture screen—costs a sizable $3,649.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Still, conventional computing logic suggests that the desktop implementation would draw more speed out of it with more powerful cooling and more space for more substantial cooling hardware.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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The lot of the property covers a substantial area of 7,035 square feet.Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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This frenetic form of diplomacy is notable not only for its lack of progress so far and for its piecemeal and fragmentary nature but also for its considerable scale and scope.Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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This year’s macOS update, Sequoia, makes a long-overdue, considerable improvement to the operating system’s window-management tools.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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The album is handsome and searching and muscular, and after our talk Gilmour plays most of it onstage at the Bowl while throwing a few familiar bones to the capacity crowd.Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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The one-minute clip, part of the brand’s 28-year-old Generations campaign, featured a handsome young man—early 30s, curly brown hair—at a rooftop party in a city that looked a lot like New York.Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
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Now comes perhaps his biggest challenge yet: Taking over a San Jose Earthquakes team that finished last in the entire league and gave up the most goals (78) in MLS history.Harold Gutmann, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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That's 70 million monthly active users globally, a big jump from the 5 million Netflix reported in May 2023.Emily Dreibelbis Forlini, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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It’s populated largely by white people, most of whom are grouped off into tidy nuclear families.Dan Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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All the details — the Nancy Myers beach house, the Ouija board horror house, the fairy tale castle — came from pop-culture details riddled around Billy’s impeccably tidy bedroom.Adam B. Vary, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
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The details of the deal aren’t a huge deal in the grand scheme of things for the franchise, but Moody inked a sweet contract and can play himself into even more money.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Here's a huge price drop on a very capable convertible Chromebook.K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Bulky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulky. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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