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Recent Examples of overscale
Yes, agents need to protect overscale income.
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Gene Maddaus, Variety, 16 Mar. 2023
Colors, such as the peacock blue of the side chair, and patterns, like the overscale geometric throw on the bed, appear in moments that add punch to the timeless appeal of the room's classic trimwork and warm wood floors.
—Marisa Donnelly, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Jan. 2023
Her affinity for pattern, bold pattern to be exact, drove her to cover the table with an overscale blue-and-khaki linen ikat.
—Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
Dennese Guadeloupe Rojas, principal designer at Interiors by Design in Silver Spring, Md., warns that buying a one-and-done suite from a furniture showroom can saddle you with both a dull room and relentlessly overscale pieces.
—Nina Molina, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022
An overscale coffee table provides plenty of room for snacks and drinks at bayside gatherings.
—Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2022
The idea that there’s been this downward pressure on writer overscale income and connecting it to the diversification of the agency’s businesses was not something that necessarily was obvious to us at all at the time.
—Jonathan Handel, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2019
Designer Kay Douglass chose overscale willow basket lights from South of Market to help define the breakfast area in this large Atlanta kitchen.
—House Beautiful, 1 Oct. 2013
Take Valentino’s showstopping gowns with overscale floral motifs in hues like poppy and peridot.
—Rebecca Malinsky and Rory Satran, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2018
Gene Maddaus, Variety, 16 Mar. 2023
Colors, such as the peacock blue of the side chair, and patterns, like the overscale geometric throw on the bed, appear in moments that add punch to the timeless appeal of the room's classic trimwork and warm wood floors.
—Marisa Donnelly, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Jan. 2023
Her affinity for pattern, bold pattern to be exact, drove her to cover the table with an overscale blue-and-khaki linen ikat.
—Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
Dennese Guadeloupe Rojas, principal designer at Interiors by Design in Silver Spring, Md., warns that buying a one-and-done suite from a furniture showroom can saddle you with both a dull room and relentlessly overscale pieces.
—Nina Molina, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022
An overscale coffee table provides plenty of room for snacks and drinks at bayside gatherings.
—Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2022
The idea that there’s been this downward pressure on writer overscale income and connecting it to the diversification of the agency’s businesses was not something that necessarily was obvious to us at all at the time.
—Jonathan Handel, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2019
Designer Kay Douglass chose overscale willow basket lights from South of Market to help define the breakfast area in this large Atlanta kitchen.
—House Beautiful, 1 Oct. 2013
Take Valentino’s showstopping gowns with overscale floral motifs in hues like poppy and peridot.
—Rebecca Malinsky and Rory Satran, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overscale
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The eclectic band includes a poet, an opera singer, a violinist, a pianist and two people who play the bandura, Ukraine’s traditional 62-string instrument that looks a bit like an oversize lute.Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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An artsy crowd ate and sipped Modelos as the theater filled up, with the poet Anne Waldman looking on from stage left, Lynne Tillman perching on a low settee, and Padma Lakshmi in oversize aviators in a spot by the door.Curbed Staff, Curbed, 6 Nov. 2024
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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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Earlier this year, Musk founded and donated at least $80 million to a super PAC that supported Trump’s campaign.Bruce Gil, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Musk was early in his support of Trump compared with other tech executives, helping to propel the candidate to victory with a super PAC that spent more than $152 million in the past few months, according to a Federal Election Commission filing.David Ingram, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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The remote is a simple rectangular wand with a large circular navigation pad near the top.PCMAG, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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The Barn These elegant new frames feature a modern, rectangular shape with a secure fit for daily wear.Kasey Caminiti, USA TODAY, 4 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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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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“Overscale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overscale. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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