Texas-sized

Texas-sized

Texas-sized is an expression that can be used in two ways: to describe something that is approximately the size of the U.S. state of Texas, [cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/20/hurricane.dean/index.html | title=Texas-sized Hurricane Dean spins toward Yucatan | work=CNN.com] [cite news | url=http://feeds.arstechnica.com/~r/arstechnica/BAaf/~3/174124811/20071023-texas-sized-garbage-patch-threatens-pacific-marine-sanctuary.html | title=Floating, Texas-sized garbage patch threatens Pacific marine sanctuary | work=ars technica] or to describe something (usually but not always originating from Texas) that is large compared to other objects of its type. [cite news | url=http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/06/sun_supercomputer | title=Texas-Sized Supercomputer to Break Computing Power Record | work=Wired.com] [cite news | url=http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/Story?id=4371384&page=1 | title=Dems in Texas-sized showdown | work=ABC News] [cite news | url=http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/338668.aspx | title=A Texas-Sized Battle: Evolution vs. ID | work=CBNnews.com]

Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, with an area of convert|268820|sqmi|km2Citation |year =2008 |title =Facts |edition =2008-2009 |publisher =Texas Almanac |url =http://www.texasalmanac.com/facts/ |accessdate =2008-04-29] and a growing population of 23.9 million.Citation |year =2006 |title =Texas QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau |place =US Census
url =http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=04000US48&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US48&_street=&_county=&_cityTown=&_state=04000US48&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=040&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=|accessdate =2007-04-28] It was the largest U.S. state, until Alaska became a state in 1959. The physical size of the state and the bigger-than-life attitude of some of its inhabitants has led to the saying that "Everything is bigger in Texas". [cite news | title=Everything is bigger in Texas | work=CafePress] [cite news | url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14094404 | title=Even spiders know everything is bigger in Texas | work=NPR.org]

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