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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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as in elongated
of great extent from end to end
the king-size snake known as the anaconda
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FAQs Still have some lingering questions about the best king-size mattresses?
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Claudia Fisher, SELF, 3 Oct. 2024
For example, the beamed ceiling of our room was elaborately stenciled by hand, but the king-size bed was pure modern luxury.
—Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Address: 101 State St., La Crosse, WI Rates: Starting at $179 per night, excluding taxes and fees, for a classic king-size room.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2024
All guest cabins are equipped with king-size beds, while the owner’s suite is fitted with a plush super king-size bed.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2024
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Claudia Fisher, SELF, 3 Oct. 2024
For example, the beamed ceiling of our room was elaborately stenciled by hand, but the king-size bed was pure modern luxury.
—Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Address: 101 State St., La Crosse, WI Rates: Starting at $179 per night, excluding taxes and fees, for a classic king-size room.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2024
All guest cabins are equipped with king-size beds, while the owner’s suite is fitted with a plush super king-size bed.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Sep. 2024
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In Antarctica, sea ice surrounding the continent also buttresses gigantic ice sheets, slowing the flow of glacial ice into the ocean.Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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Invest in community colleges, where a gigantic proportion of American students are but where a lack of resources often thwarts their ambitions.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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Going in a head-to-toe, monochromatic OOTD creates an elongated look while punctuating a palette of neutrals with a pop of burgundy is also a fun way to play the trend.Jane Hanson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Though the elongated, horizontal silhouette is undoubtedly a classic, the east-west style has a flirty edge, perhaps thanks to its smaller size or ability to complete an evening look.Angela Law, refinery29.com, 29 Feb. 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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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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Even after a tribute video, highlighting many of his on- and off-court contributions to the team and community, was played on the giant halo video board, some fans cheered; most booed.Janis Carr, Orange County Register, 6 Nov. 2024
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French and Dutch authorities raided streaming giant Netflix’s offices in Paris and Amsterdam Tuesday as part of a tax fraud probe, a judicial source told AFP.Chris Morris, Fortune Europe, 5 Nov. 2024
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Inigo San Felix / National Geographic Using measuring tape, scientists found that the coral colony spans about 111 feet wide, 104 feet long and 18 feet high — large enough to fit two full-size basketball courts side by side and longer than the world’s largest animal, the blue whale.Peter Guo, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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But that logic can escape state transportation executives oriented toward longer, intercity trips instead of shorter, intracity ones, as well as highway engineers trained to focus on maximizing the speed of all vehicles, regardless of how many people are inside them.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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Breaking news suggests at least one of these mammoth companies has a plan.John Werner, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Larry Fink, whose mammoth BlackRock fund oversees over $10 trillion in assets, also sees one rate reduction before the end of 2024.Natasha Turak,Matt Clinch, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
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With the likes of Bobby Lashley and Brock Lesnar gone from WWE while other behemoths such as Drew McIntyre and Braun Strowman are currently sidelined, there is definitely room for a colossal superstar at the top of the card.Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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This discovery offers compelling evidence for the Giant Impact Hypothesis, which proposes that the Moon was formed from a colossal collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object known as Theia.Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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“King-size.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/king-size. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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