as in colossal
unusually large
The explorers stumbled upon an ancient castle of monolithic proportions.
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Recent Examples of monolithic
At its core, the project challenges monolithic portrayals and highlights the depth, complexity and pride within the community.
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Emily Bogle, NPR, 27 May 2025
Indeed, the replacement of modernism by postmodernism was already a response to the fact that the one monolithic truth was becoming untenable for very disparate reasons (involving Eurocentrism and colonial thinking).
—Diedrich Diederichsen, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Problem: Wrong Style and Scale The brown leather furniture looked monolithic and did nothing to give the room personality.
—Meghan Holloran, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2025
Its gentle steps were translated into a steeply angled wall that at first appears to be monolithic but later divides into pieces that move throughout the opera, sometimes coming back together and breaking apart again.
—Joshua Barone, New York Times, 12 May 2025
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Emily Bogle, NPR, 27 May 2025
Indeed, the replacement of modernism by postmodernism was already a response to the fact that the one monolithic truth was becoming untenable for very disparate reasons (involving Eurocentrism and colonial thinking).
—Diedrich Diederichsen, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Problem: Wrong Style and Scale The brown leather furniture looked monolithic and did nothing to give the room personality.
—Meghan Holloran, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2025
Its gentle steps were translated into a steeply angled wall that at first appears to be monolithic but later divides into pieces that move throughout the opera, sometimes coming back together and breaking apart again.
—Joshua Barone, New York Times, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monolithic
Adjective
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It’s believed that the 26-year-old will earn a yearly salary of around $23m, a colossal figure considering his wages in Bergamo amounted to $3.1m per-season.—
Emmet Gates,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Swansea, who finished a colossal 86 places above Wrexham as recently as 2019-20, will be their divisional peers next time around — the first time the clubs have been in the same division since 2003.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
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Israel doesn’t have any heavy bombers, stealthy or otherwise, capable of carrying such gigantic bombs.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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On June 30, Netflix premiered its documentary Shark Whisperer, which follows Ocean Ramsey in her unique (and controversial — and viral) approach to marine conservation: swimming freely with gigantic sharks for hours on end.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
4 July 2025
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Lee’s sensitive, evolving turn as Gi-hun — deeply human amid the madness, paranoia and murder set in bright green and pink surroundings — has made the character the ideal litmus test for Hwang’s critique of an economic system designed to produce titanic winners and losers who face annihilation.—
Michael Ordoña,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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After its titanic roster teardown at the 2021 NBA trade deadline, the Orlando Magic front office earned a reputation around the league as risk-averse.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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Search for victims and monumental cleanup With more rain on the way, the risk of life-threatening flooding was still high in central Texas on Monday even as crews searched urgently for the missing.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 July 2025
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Topics of monumental importance, like celestial way finding, voyaging, navigation, and Indigenous science.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 July 2025
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And for what? To cover only a fraction of the enormous cost of the bill, which will add more than $3 trillion to the federal debt by 2034.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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The amount of water that fell rapidly on Friday is estimated around 100 billion gallons, an enormous volume that almost doubles the daily flow over Niagara Falls, according to KSAT.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
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The data paints a stark picture: AI startups face astronomical odds of failure.—
Moin Roberts-Islam,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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As Billy explains to his team, the two acted as card counters who were ready to get back at the casino — or teams with astronomical budgets and star power.—
Derek Scancarelli,
EW.com,
27 June 2025
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Our view of the Summer Triangle will become all the more spectacular on the nights surrounding the new moon phase on July 24, at which time the bright ribbon of light from the Milky Way may be visible from dark sky areas, tumbling directly through the cosmic triangle.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
12 July 2025
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The space telescope, which launched in 1999 aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, continues to provide data allowing scientists to make new cosmic discoveries.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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The mammoth project is expected to be built in phases with the first one, Fernández said, expected by 2029.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 July 2025
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Getting to the final and then winning the Club World Cup would be a major statement for either side without mentioning its mammoth prize money, and Madrid and PSG now stand in each other’s way of achieving that.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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“Monolithic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monolithic. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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