Bunyanesque

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Adjective
  • In shorthand, with Marcus Johansson’s $2 million also coming off the books, the Wild will have more than roughly $22 million in available cap space when free agency begins July 1, a mammoth increase from what general manager Bill Guerin has had at his disposal for the past two offseasons.
    John Shipley, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2025
  • In hearings Wednesday and Thursday, senators questioned President Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., over his fitness to be the country's top health official and control the mammoth $1.7 trillion agency.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • That was in 1913, to be fair, before Venturi or anybody else had heard of Giorgio Morandi, colossal exception to the Italian-still-life rule, and to most others.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The Stranger Things team is once again teasing a colossal final season.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Exploring the musical of Sly Stone and his prodigious legacy, the work will stream on Hulu next month.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The prodigious and satirical Village Voice cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter and more died Friday surrounded by friends at his home in Richfield Springs, N.Y., about 70 miles west of Albany.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Trump looks at the Saudi crown prince and sees a high net-worth individual who could throw a gargantuan amount of petrodollars into the American economy.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
  • For a woman who once faced the gargantuan challenge of emerging from the shadow of an iconic mother (The Wizard of Oz star Judy Garland), Liza Minnelli has done an incredible job securing a solid legacy as an entertainer.
    Jeremy Helligar, People.com, 26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Two titanic legal fights will shape the future of federal land management.
    Mary Steurer, ProPublica, 24 Jan. 2025
  • In a titanic battle of South Bay powers, Christopher emerged victorious thanks to multi-sport star Jaxen Robinson’s dramatic game-winning bucket in overtime.
    Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • And my process essentially emerges from trying to figure out strategies to deal with this really complex relationship between the reduction of photography and the cosmic beauty of the human experience.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
  • In stretching the idea of daily routine into infinity, these images become a cosmic horror that represents a fear of mundanity that never changes.
    Daniel Seifert, JSTOR Daily, 5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • One thing management certainly has announced is a gigantic restructuring of TV and digital assets.
    Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • The five-story Osaka Castle, a recreation of the original keep (which was destroyed on several occasions), is built on solid cyclopean foundations, with mint green roof tiles and golden accoutrements that bear striking similarities with Nagoya Castle.
    CNN, CNN, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The wall was built with a range of construction techniques, including cyclopean masonry.
    Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Aug. 2021
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“Bunyanesque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Bunyanesque. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

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