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megalith
noun
mega·lith
ˈme-gə-ˌlith 
: a very large usually rough stone used in prehistoric cultures as a monument or building block
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Small countries can’t be expected to invest in the same capacity as megaliths like China and the United States.
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Leon Gordon, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Many of these visitors flock to the site on solstices and equinoxes: On those four dates each year, the barrier surrounding the megalith is lowered and visitors can move freely among the stones.
—Hannah Edgar, ARTnews.com, 26 Feb. 2025
The legendary theater mom at the center of Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne, and Stephen Sondheim’s 1959 musical megalith always looms large, but in the current Broadway iteration, Gypsy is entirely and inarguably Rose’s show, in ways both compelling and frustrating.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
Given the geographical features of Britain and the forested nature of the island at the time, transporting megaliths over land would have been extremely challenging.
—Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Leon Gordon, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Many of these visitors flock to the site on solstices and equinoxes: On those four dates each year, the barrier surrounding the megalith is lowered and visitors can move freely among the stones.
—Hannah Edgar, ARTnews.com, 26 Feb. 2025
The legendary theater mom at the center of Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne, and Stephen Sondheim’s 1959 musical megalith always looms large, but in the current Broadway iteration, Gypsy is entirely and inarguably Rose’s show, in ways both compelling and frustrating.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
Given the geographical features of Britain and the forested nature of the island at the time, transporting megaliths over land would have been extremely challenging.
—Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Megalith.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megalith. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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