as in giant
unusually large
a galactic serving of soda that would have been enough for three moviegoers
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Recent Examples of galactic
Being embedded in the Milky Way is actually a major obstacle to our galactic cartography, however.
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2025
The film builds to a space battle of galactic proportions that pits the Sith and the Jedi against each other in a final confrontation that brings an entire galaxy of characters together on screen.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2025
Out of this world laughs and galactic giggles ahead in this list of the best sci-fi comedies of all time.
—Grace Dean, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Today, the planet hardly has a magnetic field; most of its atmosphere has leaked into space, and its surface is pummelled by solar and galactic radiation.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2025
The film builds to a space battle of galactic proportions that pits the Sith and the Jedi against each other in a final confrontation that brings an entire galaxy of characters together on screen.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2025
Out of this world laughs and galactic giggles ahead in this list of the best sci-fi comedies of all time.
—Grace Dean, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Today, the planet hardly has a magnetic field; most of its atmosphere has leaked into space, and its surface is pummelled by solar and galactic radiation.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for galactic
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The chicken houses had giant fans that created one-way air flow through the barns.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN,
18 Feb. 2025
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So that was the Warner Bros. connection, and Harold and Warner Bros. did me a giant favor by sending Vision Quest to Stanley Kubrick.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Feb. 2025
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Of course, the vast majority of these conscious-community figures aren’t leading cults, breaking laws, or condoning anyone who is, but there’s an openness to unconventional beliefs and conspiracy theories that the more predatory characters take advantage of.—
David Peisner,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2025
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For much of her life, our writer consumed vast quantities of sugar every day.—
Emily Baumgaertner Nunn,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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The 27-track album became a huge catalyst for the recent spotlight on Black country artists and the genre's roots.—
Caché McClay,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Muskie vs Pike Size Both muskies and pike can grow huge.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
20 Feb. 2025
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This is the Hoosiers’ second gigantic Quad 1 win in the past two weeks, including a win at Michigan State.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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One of the puzzles in Animal Well (2024) requires memorizing a route to escape a gigantic ghost cat.—
Lewis Gordon,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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The Senate's version would break it up into two pieces for the sake of speed, and the House's version would wrap it into one massive package in the hopes of squeezing it through their narrow Republican majority.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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Not refining the budget on paper by playing with numbers, but by being productively smart and undertaking a massive effort of production engineering.—
John Bleasdale,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2025
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Houston validated it with a tremendous comeback win at Arizona.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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Hartford has tremendous but underutilized assets in the many gyms, swimming pools and playgrounds at our public schools.—
John Q. Gale,
Hartford Courant,
17 Feb. 2025
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Trump demanded $500 billion in Ukraine's minerals as repayment for U.S. assistance, but Zelenskyy retorted that American aid hasn't come close to that enormous figure.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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That’s an enormous amount, obviously, even for a company as big as Apple.—
David Phelan,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Now, researchers are trying to figure out what extreme astronomical event created the particle and sent it flying toward Earth.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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Most astronomical observations remain tethered to photons—yet photons can easily be blocked.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Galactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galactic. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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