as in magnificent
large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception
an epic plan for the revitalization of the city
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as in saga
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as in ode
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Recent Examples of epic
Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Set in Thailand, after previous seasons in Hawaii and Italy, the latest installment promises to be grander, more epic—and much, much darker.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Scott Mowbray Amrita Chandradas, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Watch on Deadline The box office attraction continues to be relatively unique for a three hour and forty five-minute epic with an intermission set in Doylestown, Pa. about a WWII Hungarian Jewish refugee architect, with a modest $10 million budget.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
The artist-patron conflict at the heart of The Brutalist takes a cruel, intense turn about three hours into Brady Corbet's sprawling midcentury epic.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2025
Set in Thailand, after previous seasons in Hawaii and Italy, the latest installment promises to be grander, more epic—and much, much darker.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
The most famous local dance performance is of the Ramayana, the ancient Hindu epic, but how does this fit into a Muslim country where mosques sound the predawn calls to prayer seemingly on every block?
—Scott Mowbray Amrita Chandradas, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Watch on Deadline The box office attraction continues to be relatively unique for a three hour and forty five-minute epic with an intermission set in Doylestown, Pa. about a WWII Hungarian Jewish refugee architect, with a modest $10 million budget.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epic
Adjective
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Just take Sotheby's royal and noble sale of magnificent jewels last year that achieved more than twice the estimate, showing the high demand of revival jewelry.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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And as for the celebrated Saturn 5, the magnificent machine that launched the Apollo astronauts to the moon?—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama, Yellowjackets is the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
28 Jan. 2025
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But for now, the saga continues between the All-Star and Miami president Pat Riley.—
Matt Levine,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The little one was dressed in a grey onesie covered in brown footballs – an ode to her 29-year-old Kansas City Chiefs quarterback father.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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The evening opened with that country’s national anthem, an ode to their current corps of Aussies who’ve followed a pipeline of stars such as past Gaels Patty Mills, Matthew Dellavedova and Jock Landale, all of whom have their numbers retired in St. Mary’s rafters.—
Cam Inman,
The Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Karlsson was probably the biggest offender, as a couple of glorious Buffalo chances came as a result of his lapses.—
Josh Yohe,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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That dance in and of itself is really glorious to me.—
Mike Miller,
EW.com,
11 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Draft one, sign one, trade for one but this same narrative comes up every year, this franchise seems incapable of understanding the importance of having one.—
Jonas Siegel,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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The sprawling narrative — also co-written by Mona Fastvold, Corbet’s wife and an actress/filmmaker — spans 215 minutes and three decades of post-war America, featuring a 15-minute intermission.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Tell, yell, hell, hello, elegy, tottle, otology, geology, theology.—
John McPhee,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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Worm’s visualization of his collection, then, is an unwitting elegy of species pushed to the brink of existence by human pressures.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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John Ruskin The ski resort Courmayeur, in northwest Italy, sits at the foot of the majestic Mont Blanc in the Aosta Valley, which at 4,810 metres, is the highest peak in the Alps, Italy and Europe.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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People arrived in the City of Brotherly Love to mourn the majestic ship that’s nearly as long as the Chrysler Building.—
Danny Freeman,
CNN,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This incident serves as a cautionary tale for companies deploying AI in their communications.—
Rebekah Bastian,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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Per old wives’ tales, nesting is a phenomenon that happens near the end of gestation: a maternal instinct to prepare for birth.—
Betty Liu,
Bon Appétit,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Epic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epic. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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