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megalith
noun
mega·lith
ˈme-gə-ˌlith 
: a very large usually rough stone used in prehistoric cultures as a monument or building block
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Moai statue design The moai statues are massive megaliths, with roughly 1,000 of them built by the Rapa Nui people between roughly 1400 and 1650 CE.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
Rap Nui’s moai statues are massive megaliths that were built by the Rapa Nui people in roughly 1400–1650 CE.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Oct. 2025
Liberal-leaning television networks were a megalith, and First Amendment-protected besides.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
See the 4,500-year-old megaliths of Stonehenge, followed by late afternoon tea and scones in the English coastal town of Southampton, the port from which the Mayflower set sail.
—AFAR Media, 29 July 2025
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
Rap Nui’s moai statues are massive megaliths that were built by the Rapa Nui people in roughly 1400–1650 CE.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Oct. 2025
Liberal-leaning television networks were a megalith, and First Amendment-protected besides.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
See the 4,500-year-old megaliths of Stonehenge, followed by late afternoon tea and scones in the English coastal town of Southampton, the port from which the Mayflower set sail.
—AFAR Media, 29 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for megalith
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“Megalith.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megalith. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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