How to Use monolithic in a Sentence

monolithic

adjective
  • The current Xeon SP chips use a monolithic die, with up to 28 cores and 56 threads.
    Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 5 Nov. 2018
  • In other words, J.Crew is now a far cry from the monolithic vision of the Lyons era.
    Eliza Brooke, Vox, 9 Oct. 2018
  • One of my goals was to show that Black women are not monolithic.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2023
  • And the darkness is no longer monolithic, but swirls with shades of black and a parade of textures.
    Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Pew is careful to note that these two groups are not monolithic.
    Chris Cillizza, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Just look for the monolithic concrete golf ball off U.S. 281.
    Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The film helped cement the image of the Black Church as something that was small and southern, and in many ways monolithic.
    Erica Armstrong Dunbar, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2021
  • The park is bounded by two monolithic forces that made the slave trade in the United States possible.
    Kyle Gassiott, NPR, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The monolithic sandstone formations line the foothills on the west side of Boulder.
    Lauren Beale, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The abode is positioned on a cul-de-sac and tucked behind a gate, kind of like a modern, monolithic fortress.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Whether that means Series S will have the same monolithic shape as Series X remains to be seen.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2020
  • The Bibliothèque Nationale de France is a complex of monolithic glass towers that line the Seine near the eastern edge of the city.
    James McAuley, Town & Country, 6 Aug. 2019
  • It cannot be defined by a blanket term or monolithic idea.
    Brenda Barrientos, refinery29.com, 8 Oct. 2020
  • While the roots of these Jewish cookbooks may come from the same tree, the category is not monolithic.
    Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appétit, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Vaccine resisters have been around a long time, and are hardly a monolithic group.
    Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The same classic black-and-white striped swimsuit that launched the original doll — and a monolithic Margot Robbie in the movie.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
  • One of the great merits of Johnson’s book is his insistence that the Chinese are not monolithic.
    Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The large kitchen features monolithic-style islands, counters and a bar.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2022
  • There was criticism in New York that the play’s vision of gay culture was monolithic.
    Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The team owners who are down with this – and no, NFL owners are not a monolithic group – should really take stock of the messages in their end zones.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2020
  • But in the cloud, the monolithic network perimeter is no longer relevant.
    John Grange, Forbes, 20 May 2021
  • Winder spotlights how the vast influence of these women on the Stones has largely been hidden in the shadow of the band’s monolithic mythos.
    Jessica Hopper, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
  • Whiteness isn’t monolithic any more than darkness is—remember the Irish, the Jews?
    Namwali Serpell, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2022
  • To be sure, women cannot be grouped together as a monolithic set of consumers.
    Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 8 July 2019
  • In northern Ethiopia, the small town of Lalibela is renowned for its 11 medieval churches carved out of monolithic rock.
    Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Feb. 2020
  • Just as the Black experience isn’t monolithic, this film round-up is just as diverse.
    Karla Pope, Woman's Day, 21 Dec. 2022
  • But what strikes us is that there is nothing monolithic about the American people.
    al, 28 Nov. 2021
  • This allowed the jostle of distinctive forms, rather than a monolithic mass.
    John King, SFChronicle.com, 2 July 2018
  • The history of policing in the U.S. is neither linear nor monolithic.
    Philip V. McHarris, TIME, 30 July 2024
  • Our secret sauce as a leading democracy and one of the strongest economies in the world is not being a monolithic society.
    Rhett Buttle, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024

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