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Recent Examples of megalith
It's thought that the 3,000 megaliths of the Carnac Stones in Brittany, France, mark the extreme positions of the moon during a major lunar standstill.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The Taiwanese megalith has a massive product scope, but on the consumer end, they're best known for PC hardware.
—K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
The Altar Stone is the largest of the bluestone megaliths, and while previous research has ruled out Anglo-Welsh origin, scientists were uncertain about where this stone came from.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2024
Last year, Richard Bevins of Aberystwyth University in Wales co-authored a paper questioning the assumption that the Altar Stone had come from Wales and thus belonged to the bluestone megalith grouping.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Aug. 2024
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The Taiwanese megalith has a massive product scope, but on the consumer end, they're best known for PC hardware.
—K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
The Altar Stone is the largest of the bluestone megaliths, and while previous research has ruled out Anglo-Welsh origin, scientists were uncertain about where this stone came from.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2024
Last year, Richard Bevins of Aberystwyth University in Wales co-authored a paper questioning the assumption that the Altar Stone had come from Wales and thus belonged to the bluestone megalith grouping.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for megalith
Noun
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Researchers found no personal items or adornments associated with the remains, except for a black stone armband dated to between 300–200 B.C.—indicating a potential age for the burials.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Adults can sneak in some self-care with a cold plunge or sauna session at the new Lazy You Hideaway, and luxe cabins (many of which have stone fireplaces) make for welcome retreats at the end of a busy day.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The hilltop monument wasn’t anywhere near the destructive blazes that night — the fires were too busy destroying residential communities then — but the thought pulled focus from real relief efforts.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
17 Jan. 2025
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Additional locations include the Chapel of the Sorbonne in Paris, which is just 700 meters from the famed Panthéon monument, as well as the Ruins of Old Belchite, a ghost town west of Barcelona.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Jan. 2025
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Manuela and her youngest sister picked yellow wildflowers and placed them on the tombstones.—
Jordan Salama,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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As Paul Fussell observed in The Great War and Modern Memory, a distrust of vacuous language was a hallmark of the words on tombstones at the Somme, not the solemn slogans written by Rudyard Kipling but the inscriptions composed by the families of the dead.—
Karen Parker Lears,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Dec. 2024
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No generation is a monolith, but certain circumstances and patterns define the values, communication styles, priorities and preferences of each group in the workplace.—
Dr. Shekinah "Ki" Magee,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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That said, turning us into a monolith is dangerous.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
refinery29.com,
27 Nov. 2024
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The film then cuts to a a final scene of Winston (Ian McShane) and the Bowery King (Laurence Fishburne) visiting John’s gravestone.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
27 Dec. 2024
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Police discovered that similar damage was done at the neighboring Wilson County Memorial Gardens, including some broken gravestones, according to the D.A.'s office.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Megalith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/megalith. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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