Sizeable
adjective
Quite large or considerable in size, extent, or amount.
The project will require a sizeable investment.
Often appears as...
- sizeable investment
- sizeable portion
adjective
Quite large or considerable in size, extent, or amount.
The project will require a sizeable investment.
Often appears as...
- sizeable investment
- sizeable portion
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Pro Tip 1/3Quantifying Importance
Use 'sizeable' to indicate that something is large enough to be noticed or have an effect.
Winning the lottery had a sizeable impact on his lifestyle.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Literal Size
'Sizeable' can refer to non-physical things like amounts of time or money.
She donated a sizeable sum to the charity.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Measure
What's considered 'sizeable' can differ depending on personal perspective or context.
A sizeable portion of the audience disagreed with the speaker.
Pro Tip 1/3Quantifying Importance
Use 'sizeable' to indicate that something is large enough to be noticed or have an effect.
Winning the lottery had a sizeable impact on his lifestyle.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Literal Size
'Sizeable' can refer to non-physical things like amounts of time or money.
She donated a sizeable sum to the charity.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Measure
What's considered 'sizeable' can differ depending on personal perspective or context.
A sizeable portion of the audience disagreed with the speaker.
Pro Tip 1/3Quantifying Importance
Use 'sizeable' to indicate that something is large enough to be noticed or have an effect.
Winning the lottery had a sizeable impact on his lifestyle.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Literal Size
'Sizeable' can refer to non-physical things like amounts of time or money.
She donated a sizeable sum to the charity.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Measure
What's considered 'sizeable' can differ depending on personal perspective or context.
A sizeable portion of the audience disagreed with the speaker.
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Comics that ask "what...
in general, and that lets you put some caps on how many data centers could they be building, because a big data center costs a certain amount of money. And you can also then put a cap on how much of the world hard drive market are they taking up, which turns out, it's pretty sizable. I read a calculation at one point,
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What we learned from 5...
It's a sizable chunk of human culture. There's much more in there's manuscripts, there newspapers, there's things that are not text, like art and paintings. These all happen to be on our computers, on computers across the world. And when that happens, that will transform the way we have
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Grizzly Bears Go Hunting...
other animals around it apart from when you have a mother and her young and they'll stick with her for a good few years these two here I mean they look almost like how adult bears they're really big and sizable but they're still keeping close to Mum it's quite a touching sight really
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Michael Sandel: Why we...
Let's see by a show of hands. First, how many think it might at least be worth a try to see if it would work? Raise your hand. And how many would be opposed? How many would -- So the majority here are opposed, but a sizable minority are in favor.
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Measuring what makes...
to choose between inspired employees and sizable profits we can have both and in fact inspired employees quite often help make sizable profits right so what the world needs now in my opinion is business leaders and political leaders
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Understanding asteroids...
year a sizable asteroid impacts earth and puts us at risk most of the time these exploded too high in altitude to cause any damage to the ground but as you can see asteroid impacts are not rare just two years ago we had a wake-up
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Chip Conley: Measuring...
of financial profits in their business? We don't have to choose between inspired employees and sizable profits, we can have both. In fact, inspired employees quite often help make sizable profits, right?
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How to Get Struck By...
to find an automobile to get into because rarely are you far enough away from civilization that you can't find a sizeable building or a car metal jewelry or mobile phones make no difference
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How we can turn the tide...
Our portfolio is not only sizable but also one of the most globally diversified portfolios. So that means, the world is on that path. I'm tired of hearing the same comment repeatedly
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Dangerous memes PIPE Dan...
Well, it's ideas -- not worms -- that hijack our brains. Now, am I saying that a sizable minority of the world's population has had their brain hijacked by parasitic ideas?
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Comics that ask "what...
in general, and that lets you put some caps on how many data centers could they be building, because a big data center costs a certain amount of money. And you can also then put a cap on how much of the world hard drive market are they taking up, which turns out, it's pretty sizable. I read a calculation at one point,
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What we learned from 5...
It's a sizable chunk of human culture. There's much more in there's manuscripts, there newspapers, there's things that are not text, like art and paintings. These all happen to be on our computers, on computers across the world. And when that happens, that will transform the way we have
Video examples
Grizzly Bears Go Hunting...
other animals around it apart from when you have a mother and her young and they'll stick with her for a good few years these two here I mean they look almost like how adult bears they're really big and sizable but they're still keeping close to Mum it's quite a touching sight really
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Michael Sandel: Why we...
Let's see by a show of hands. First, how many think it might at least be worth a try to see if it would work? Raise your hand. And how many would be opposed? How many would -- So the majority here are opposed, but a sizable minority are in favor.
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Measuring what makes...
to choose between inspired employees and sizable profits we can have both and in fact inspired employees quite often help make sizable profits right so what the world needs now in my opinion is business leaders and political leaders
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Understanding asteroids...
year a sizable asteroid impacts earth and puts us at risk most of the time these exploded too high in altitude to cause any damage to the ground but as you can see asteroid impacts are not rare just two years ago we had a wake-up
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Chip Conley: Measuring...
of financial profits in their business? We don't have to choose between inspired employees and sizable profits, we can have both. In fact, inspired employees quite often help make sizable profits, right?
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How to Get Struck By...
to find an automobile to get into because rarely are you far enough away from civilization that you can't find a sizeable building or a car metal jewelry or mobile phones make no difference
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How we can turn the tide...
Our portfolio is not only sizable but also one of the most globally diversified portfolios. So that means, the world is on that path. I'm tired of hearing the same comment repeatedly
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Dangerous memes PIPE Dan...
Well, it's ideas -- not worms -- that hijack our brains. Now, am I saying that a sizable minority of the world's population has had their brain hijacked by parasitic ideas?
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James Surowiecki
American Journalist
Behavioral economists have shown that a sizable percentage of people are willing to pay real money to punish people who are taking from a common pot but not contributing to it. Just to insure that shirkers get what they deserve, we are prepared to make ourselves poorer.
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John Ridley
American Director
Conservative talkers love to throw numbers around: their ratings and their audience size. And to be sure, they have a sizable audience which numbers in the tens of millions. But having people tune in and being able to dictate their actions are two different things.
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Christopher Nolan
British Director
But, in each case, as a filmmaker who's been given sizable budgets with which to work, I feel a responsibility to the audience to be shooting with the absolute highest quality technology that I can and make the film in a way that I want.
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Austan Goolsbee
American Public Servant
Trade has helped the economy grow. Simultaneously, a sizable number of Americans haven't shared in that bounty, and if we don't pay attention to their concerns, all the political favor for open markets will dry up.
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Jay Samit
American Businessman
Founders need sizable egos to believe that what they are creating is good enough to change the world. What makes for great co-founders is having those egos focused on complementary, not competing, skills.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran
Indian Actor
I've done more than 100 films, which is a sizeable chunk of life in cinema, so if something can startle me, then I think we can say we're looking at something fairly new.
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Donald Rumsfeld
American Politician
Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.
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Gad Saad
Canadian Scientist
It is an immeasurable tragedy to spend a sizeable portion of one's waking hours doing a job that does not excite you nor infuse you with a sense of purpose.
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Paulina Porizkova
Czechoslovakian Model
I have worked every day since the age of fifteen, supporting not only myself, but also helping a sizable family when needed.
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John Romero
American Inventor
The game-playing market today is pretty sizable.
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James Surowiecki
American Journalist
Behavioral economists have shown that a sizable percentage of people are willing to pay real money to punish people who are taking from a common pot but not contributing to it. Just to insure that shirkers get what they deserve, we are prepared to make ourselves poorer.
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John Ridley
American Director
Conservative talkers love to throw numbers around: their ratings and their audience size. And to be sure, they have a sizable audience which numbers in the tens of millions. But having people tune in and being able to dictate their actions are two different things.
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Christopher Nolan
British Director
But, in each case, as a filmmaker who's been given sizable budgets with which to work, I feel a responsibility to the audience to be shooting with the absolute highest quality technology that I can and make the film in a way that I want.
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Austan Goolsbee
American Public Servant
Trade has helped the economy grow. Simultaneously, a sizable number of Americans haven't shared in that bounty, and if we don't pay attention to their concerns, all the political favor for open markets will dry up.
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Jay Samit
American Businessman
Founders need sizable egos to believe that what they are creating is good enough to change the world. What makes for great co-founders is having those egos focused on complementary, not competing, skills.
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Prithviraj Sukumaran
Indian Actor
I've done more than 100 films, which is a sizeable chunk of life in cinema, so if something can startle me, then I think we can say we're looking at something fairly new.
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Donald Rumsfeld
American Politician
Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.
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Gad Saad
Canadian Scientist
It is an immeasurable tragedy to spend a sizeable portion of one's waking hours doing a job that does not excite you nor infuse you with a sense of purpose.
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Paulina Porizkova
Czechoslovakian Model
I have worked every day since the age of fifteen, supporting not only myself, but also helping a sizable family when needed.
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John Romero
American Inventor
The game-playing market today is pretty sizable.
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