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as in enormous
unusually large
the elephant was simply immense, even as elephants go
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as in great
of the very best kind
we had simply an immense time at the luxury resort
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Recent Examples of immense
The relief that came with the decision to finally let go was completely dwarfed by the immense pain of severing a family in two.
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Kathleen Fisher,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Their immense gravitational fields churn the surrounding spacetime like a spoon stirring coffee, theoretically allowing some of these signals to escape the cosmic maelstrom.
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Sam MacDonald,
Scientific American,
26 June 2026
La Guaira is one of Venezuela’s 23 states and is located in the north of the country, on the coast, and has faced immense tragedy in the past.
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Uriel Blanco,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
But as a professional soccer player of Cameroonian and Malagasy descent who plays in America, this tournament has brought me immense pride.
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Jeremy Ebobisse,
Time,
26 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for immense
Kathleen Fisher,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Their immense gravitational fields churn the surrounding spacetime like a spoon stirring coffee, theoretically allowing some of these signals to escape the cosmic maelstrom.
—
Sam MacDonald,
Scientific American,
26 June 2026
La Guaira is one of Venezuela’s 23 states and is located in the north of the country, on the coast, and has faced immense tragedy in the past.
—
Uriel Blanco,
CNN Money,
26 June 2026
But as a professional soccer player of Cameroonian and Malagasy descent who plays in America, this tournament has brought me immense pride.
—
Jeremy Ebobisse,
Time,
26 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for immense
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immense
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But for prices, the distinction makes an enormous difference, Kaneva noted.
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The wave that hit downtown Kansas City on Thursday wasn’t like what the city has seen before, even in enormous parades for Chiefs’ Super Bowl or Royals’ World Series victories.
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Sneakers are always calling my name (a great travel companion).
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Having spent more than 30 years in the makeup industry, founder and makeup artist Jung Saem Mool knows great makeup starts long before foundation enters the picture.
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The vast majority of those flights — 80% of them — have been dedicated to building out the company's Starlink broadband megaconstellation in low Earth orbit.
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In the final days of the war, the Nazis sought to destroy the party’s vast collection of membership cards and took them to a pulp mill near Munich for that reason.
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Turkey evened it in the 10th minute with an excellent two-man game from Baris Alper Yilmaz and Güler, the 21-year-old Real Madrid rising star.
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The nearby town of Dolores makes an excellent home base.
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Authors think humans might just be able to leverage a few tools at our disposal to change the course of huge weather events.
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Technology companies are spending big to incorporate artificial intelligence into their businesses and to build huge data centers.
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So many wonderful dinners with friends and nights out on the town.
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Soccer – football in much of the world – has a long and wonderful tradition of singing, whether that be in praise of their favorite players, mocking opponents (sometimes, brutally so) or simply urging their team forward.
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After soaring to tremendous heights and leading the market for years, AI stocks have been under pressure recently because of worries their profits can’t possibly keep pace with the tremendous rallies for their stock prices.
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Seismic events release tremendous amounts of seismic energy.
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That’s thanks to the show’s terrific cast, of course, but the actors are given a lot to work with in the smart, snappy scripts.
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Cody Bellinger is quietly having a terrific season for the Yankees.
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“Immense.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immense. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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