as in gigantic
of a building or room
resembling a cave in spaciousness; very significant in size
We toured the cavernous airplane hangar. The dance was held in a cavernous hall. a cavernous auditorium
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Recent Examples of cavernous
While Debi’s feels almost cavernous with its brick-laden ground floor space, Tandem is decidedly more modern, with large windows overlooking the street and a polished cocktail menu.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 June 2026
While many bags are limited to a couple of pockets and a cavernous interior, this bag is smartly designed with plenty of organizational space.
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Tanya Sharma,
PEOPLE,
7 June 2026
Superstar pass rusher Myles Garrett walked through the cavernous concrete tunnels of SoFi Stadium well after Cleveland’s 2023 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
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Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
Here cavernous sheet-metal market halls rub shoulders with dilapidated clapboard stores.
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Duncan Madden,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 June 2026
While many bags are limited to a couple of pockets and a cavernous interior, this bag is smartly designed with plenty of organizational space.
—
Tanya Sharma,
PEOPLE,
7 June 2026
Superstar pass rusher Myles Garrett walked through the cavernous concrete tunnels of SoFi Stadium well after Cleveland’s 2023 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
Here cavernous sheet-metal market halls rub shoulders with dilapidated clapboard stores.
—
Duncan Madden,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for cavernous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavernous
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While running your air conditioner is likely a must, there are actually other ways to keep your home cooler that don't involve blasting your AC or a gigantic electric bill.
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Those include partnering to develop digital workflows and their joint-ownership in the Terafab facility that plans to produce a gigantic one terawatt a year in compute hardware.
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Authors think humans might just be able to leverage a few tools at our disposal to change the course of huge weather events.
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Technology companies are spending big to incorporate artificial intelligence into their businesses and to build huge data centers.
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The second-largest whale species after blue whales, fin whales are classified as an endangered species, according to NOAA.
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Last week, in interviews with The Times, the leaders of the two largest unions — United Teachers Los Angeles and Service Employees International Union Local 99 — called for Carvalho to be replaced.
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The country also has made a massive push to switch to electric vehicles, which reduced Chinese oil consumption by 1 million barrels per day, the International Energy Agency estimates.
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The brand is celebrating Prime Day with massive markdowns on its latest and greatest electronics like the Apple Watch SE 3, the AirPods Pro 3, and the 2026 MacBook Air laptop.
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But for prices, the distinction makes an enormous difference, Kaneva noted.
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The wave that hit downtown Kansas City on Thursday wasn’t like what the city has seen before, even in enormous parades for Chiefs’ Super Bowl or Royals’ World Series victories.
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The vast majority of those flights — 80% of them — have been dedicated to building out the company's Starlink broadband megaconstellation in low Earth orbit.
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In the final days of the war, the Nazis sought to destroy the party’s vast collection of membership cards and took them to a pulp mill near Munich for that reason.
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Twenty-six years later, Kaufman was tapped to score indie developer Yacht Club Games’s Mina the Hollower, a throwback to the look and feel of 8-bit GBC games but with the type of colossal world, grandiose story, and elaborate gameplay typically reserved to the Soulsborne games.
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In fact, many on Wall Street fear that Tesla’s notched that astronomical market cap less on hopes of wonders to come, and more on the possibility SpaceX will bid something close to what the carmaker’s selling for to clinch a colossal takeover.
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Wind Creek Chicago Southland Casino, Hotel and Spa is located adjacent to the mammoth Thornton Quarry, a south suburban landmark bisected by Interstate 294.
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Brandon Marsh tied it with a mammoth homer.
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“Cavernous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavernous. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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