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as in magnificent
large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception
a monumental misunderstanding that had far-reaching consequences
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as in huge
unusually large
serves a monumental sundae that usually requires three people to finish it
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as in major
having great meaning or lasting effect
the moon landing was seen as a monumental event in human history
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Recent Examples of monumental
This monumental discovery highlights the sophistication of the Maya civilization, with its intricate architecture and urban planning.
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Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
No premiere Claude Lanzmann’s monumental Holocaust film, made over 12 years from interviews filmed around the globe with survivors, bystanders and perpetrators, powerfully recounts the extermination of six million Jews during the Second World War.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
There was this monumental shift in tax policy in this country, and deregulation: the idea of less government is better.
—Stuart Miller, Orange County Register, 16 Jan. 2025
This was a monumental day for girls, past, present and future, across the state of Colorado.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2025
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Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
No premiere Claude Lanzmann’s monumental Holocaust film, made over 12 years from interviews filmed around the globe with survivors, bystanders and perpetrators, powerfully recounts the extermination of six million Jews during the Second World War.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
There was this monumental shift in tax policy in this country, and deregulation: the idea of less government is better.
—Stuart Miller, Orange County Register, 16 Jan. 2025
This was a monumental day for girls, past, present and future, across the state of Colorado.
—Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monumental
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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
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As a huge fan of the original, this is good news to me!—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
27 Jan. 2025
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No laws prevented Musk from interviewing Alice Weidel, a leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, on X, thereby providing her with a huge platform, available to no other political candidate, in the month before a national election.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2025
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By comparison, OpenAI, Google and other major U.S. companies are on track to invest a total of roughly $1 trillion in AI over the coming years, according to Goldman Sachs.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2025
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In 2016, Target stated that trans employees and customers could use bathrooms that aligned with their gender identity, becoming one of the first major retailers to speak out amid national debates over trans bathroom accessibility.—
Abby Monteil,
Them,
27 Jan. 2025
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Her recent works, however, including The Colors Within and the 2021 historical epic series The Heike Story, have been produced under Science SARU, a studio known for its multinational staff, international co-productions, and more experimental styles.—
Kayti Burt,
Rolling Stone,
28 Jan. 2025
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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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One thing management certainly has announced is a gigantic restructuring of TV and digital assets.—
Tony Maglio,
IndieWire,
30 Jan. 2025
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Kim Kardashian called Swift a snake on social media and the singer turned it into — at the time — a record breaking tour complete with a gigantic king cobra stage prop.—
Bryan West,
USA TODAY,
29 Jan. 2025
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But Noe said the biggest hurdle local farmers face when trying to expand their operations is the pressure from development spreading across the historic agricultural lands in South Miami-Dade.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, the International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge, Colorado, are also underway this week, with 12 teams from across the globe creating massive, fleeting works of art in the city’s historic downtown.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Jan. 2025
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These potato boats have four of the best foods all in one glorious appetizer: bacon, chicken, cheese, and potato—all drizzled with ranch.—
Amanda Stanfield,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2025
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Check into a $10,000 to $50,000 a night private villa on Fisher Island and enjoy the same glorious views of the Atlantic or Biscayne Bay that Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts and Dwyane Wade get.—
Mark Gauert,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2025
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The traders always move on eventually, often after having made enormous sums of money.—
Felix Salmon,
Axios,
31 Jan. 2025
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Before Finn’s death, Reese had wanted to start a café in the basement of a local church; Friedman had been making enormous batches of soup and giving it out in the parking lot of the East Hardwick Grange Hall.—
Chelsea Edgar,
The New Yorker,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Monumental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monumental. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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