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also cosmical
as in monster
unusually large
predicted that the war would forever be regarded as a cosmic error
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Recent Examples of cosmic
Rare double-comet encounter Having two right comets visible in the sky around the same time is a rare cosmic treat.
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Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2025
This dirty cosmic snowball, spewing gas and dust, is making its closest approach to Earth this week, about 56 million miles away.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
The New Moon is ruled by Venus, who’s just come home to Libra, adding a layer of divine ease and elegance to the cosmic weather.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025
This exact positioning is necessary to capture neutrinos originating from cosmic or atmospheric reactions.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
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Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 20 Oct. 2025
This dirty cosmic snowball, spewing gas and dust, is making its closest approach to Earth this week, about 56 million miles away.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
The New Moon is ruled by Venus, who’s just come home to Libra, adding a layer of divine ease and elegance to the cosmic weather.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025
This exact positioning is necessary to capture neutrinos originating from cosmic or atmospheric reactions.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cosmic
Adjective
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Do not even think of building any more monster buildings on what used to be a quite beautiful campus.—
Letters To The Editor,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Oct. 2025
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This year alone, there have been monster deals that haven't panned out, like Tanner Scott with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and one-year fliers that have paid off beautifully, like Aroldis Chapman with the Boston Red Sox.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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When Rani Johnson joined Workday as chief information officer in March 2023, her appointment happened to coincide with some monumental generative artificial intelligence milestones, including the debut of Anthropic’s Claude and the rollout of OpenAI’s GPT-4.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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As a result, the films made during Nkrumah’s time were ordered to be burned, his name struck from Ghanaian classrooms and his monumental efforts to build a self-reliant and culturally sovereign Africa were silenced.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
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That would be Thomas Paine, the man credited with turning the American Revolution from a complicated Colonial fracas into a titanic struggle for the soul of liberty itself.—
Matthew Redmond,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
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From the humble red dwarfs to the titanic supergiants, stars come in a dazzling array of sizes, colors, and lifespans.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Of course, the heaviest anti-Shannon edit came from Sage, who noticed everything from the register of Shannon’s voice changing to her adversary being a giant shark wearing a cute seal mask.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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The team already is contracted with oilfield services giant Halliburton, IPT Well Solutions, and Stampede Drilling.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Perhaps the final three episodes will pull together a cogent statement or two, something beyond the trope of ostensibly idyllic small towns hiding monstrous truths behind their white picket fences.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 Oct. 2025
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There, Henry took a monstrous turn and became Venca.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In a world where people on social media will believe almost anything, this supremely accomplished business titan is captured just in time for the imminent lunar eclipse that will carry them all back to her galactic throne room.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
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An anthology of first memories, a meditation on decomposition, spinning constellations—every stanza grapples with change on a private or galactic scale.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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The spectroscopic observations have shown that gravitational tidal forces from the white dwarf have torn it apart, scattering debris from the planetary body onto the surface of the white dwarf.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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China doesn’t even see itself as in a race to the moon, says planetary scientist Yangting Lin of the Institute of Geology and Geophysics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
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This is tremendous news for the incredible people of Japan.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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The jewels are of tremendous national worth and their value incalculable.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Cosmic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cosmic. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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