Bunyanesque

Definition of Bunyanesquenext

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Adjective
  • Dangote’s plan to take the refinery public is in line with efforts to list shares of its mammoth fertilizer and cement units in Nigeria and London respectively.
    Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 26 June 2026
  • Wind Creek Chicago Southland Casino, Hotel and Spa is located adjacent to the mammoth Thornton Quarry, a south suburban landmark bisected by Interstate 294.
    Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
Adjective
  • The name Chelydra serpentina evokes colossal reptiles stomping through ancient forests.
    Hannah Smith July 1, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2026
  • His public funeral will begin on Saturday, with his body lying in state at the colossal complex in central Tehran that hosts major Friday prayers, official ceremonies and religious gatherings.
    Alex Sundby, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Adjective
  • Fati, once a prodigious talent who broke numerous records and inherited Lionel Messi's number 10 shirt, saw his promising career at the club severely impacted by a series of debilitating knee injuries.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The violence of the motion generates prodigious amounts of topspin.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Adjective
  • In the pool bath, a Scott Zaragoza tondo of Jeff as a dapper explorer confronting a gargantuan Venus flytrap strikes a pitch-perfect note of weirdness.
    Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 1 July 2026
  • This month’s Koenigsegg Sadair’s Spear Megacar (42232), available from Wednesday (July 1), is Technic’s second-largest set, after the gargantuan Liebherr R 9800 (42100), which has just four pieces more.
    Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Adjective
  • Ganna delivered a titanic turn, with the British squad in the hotseat for the majority of the race’s second half — but they were pipped by the penultimate starters Visma.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Standing in front of a building that just looks like a pile of rubble, rescuers have to undertake a titanic effort to look for any survivors beneath.
    Will Clark, NBC news, 26 June 2026
Adjective
  • But Swift has also evolved to study a much broader range of cosmic objects in visible, ultraviolet, X-ray and gamma-ray light.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
  • The result is cosmic fireworks that put even the most impressive July 4 celebrations to shame.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 July 2026
Adjective
  • But a loss, coming after such an absurd, farcical process, and removing the possibility of a gigantic matchup against Spain or Portugal in the quarterfinals in Los Angeles, would be unforgivable.
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • The gigantic star cluster inside the nebula NGC 3603 (about 20,000 light-years away) shines in a second image.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 July 2026
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 6 Jul. 2026.

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