variants
also astronomic
as in huge
unusually large
a googol is an astronomical number, and the whimsical coinage of the name was intended to suggest that fact
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Recent Examples of astronomical
These payments were at an astronomical level over the first few years post-takeover, averaging £49million per season.
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Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 13 June 2026
Every June, a special astronomical event rolls around.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2026
Thinking about what $1 trillion looks like is almost as astronomical as the interplanetary — and at this point, still far from realized — goals SpaceX has laid out for itself.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 12 June 2026
Fiscal hawks like to drum up interest in the national debt by making the astronomical numbers more tangible.
—Martha Gimbel, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
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Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 13 June 2026
Every June, a special astronomical event rolls around.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 June 2026
Thinking about what $1 trillion looks like is almost as astronomical as the interplanetary — and at this point, still far from realized — goals SpaceX has laid out for itself.
—Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 12 June 2026
Fiscal hawks like to drum up interest in the national debt by making the astronomical numbers more tangible.
—Martha Gimbel, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for astronomical
Adjective
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Those tours largely became about Son, attracting huge crowds to games and fan events.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
12 Dec. 2025
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Meta, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft all run very profitable businesses, and can afford these huge capital outlays.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
11 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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That would be an enormous lift to Green Bay’s offense, as Kraft was having an All-Pro level season in 2025 before tearing his ACL.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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And that set off an enormous race, and then of course a trajectory of many labs adopting the technology for all kinds of applications.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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Yet vast price increases can also be found in New Jersey in hotels close to MetLife Stadium, which will host Brazil’s opening group-stage fixture against Morocco on June 13.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
10 Dec. 2025
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While the truce has largely held, also protecting Saudi Arabia and the UAE from unprecedented missile and drone strikes launched by Ansar Allah on their own territory, the group directed its vast arsenal widely suspected to be provided by Iran elsewhere two years later.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Stroud made a tremendous play on third-and-3 as Chiefs star defensive lineman Chris Jones, who already sacked him in this game, was barreling down looking for another.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Dec. 2025
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Lemon’s had a tremendous junior year with 79 receptions for 1,156 yards and 11 TDs for the Trojans, and was just named a Biletnikoff Award finalist.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Miami knows a variety of sports on a gigantic scale more than most big cities.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
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And two, the logo is ugly and gigantic.—
Mariana Zapata,
Travel + Leisure,
15 June 2026
Adjective
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The disappearance of a campground employee in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, has prompted a massive search, authorities said.—
Michael Guise,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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The suite came equipped with a family-style dining table, kitchenette, massive sectional couch, and—best of all—a terrace featuring a private infinity pool that looked out into the ocean.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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The museum’s centerpiece is the historic Percy & Small Shipyard, the nation’s only surviving shipyard from the large wooden vessel era and the site where the giant schooner Wyoming was built.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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According to this theory, those now-extinct megafauna—the giant ground sloths and the giant beavers, the mastodons and mammoths, and even the lions and dire wolves—were relatively quickly hunted to extinction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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These are players who have worked hard and earned their place here, some of whom will only play at one World Cup, and they have been put at a colossal disadvantage.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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Our ambition was to bring back the magic of Old Paris and the colossal transformation led by Napoleon III and Haussmann, with premium production values in both cinematography and visual effects.—
Roberto Prieto,
Variety,
16 June 2026
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“Astronomical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/astronomical. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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