as in giant
unusually large
a cyclopean granite statue that the dictator himself had commissioned
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Recent Examples of cyclopean
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.
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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
If a mutation causes sonic hedgehog activity to become too muted, the result can be a birth defect called holoprosencephaly, marked in the most extreme cases by a head with a single, cyclopean eye.
—George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2013
Rachmaninoff’s humbling presence, re-encountered, is gigantic, cyclopean.
—Joseph Horowitz, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2018
Vividly monumental aggregates of cyclopean arches, inverted pyramids, louvered domes, layered patterns and saturated colors—this is not the rigidly principled modernism of Le Corbusier or the inviolate geometry of Louis Kahn.
—Julie V. Iovine, WSJ, 22 Feb. 2017
Of course, the short, goggled and sometimes cyclopean minions are on hand, engaging in a prison food fight and dancing in a cancan-like production number. Innocuous pandemonium ensues in candy colors.
—Andy Webster, New York Times, 29 June 2017
Iran, Syria, Mali, Somalia, Eritrea, Iraq—in a Cyclopean cellar wrapped in near-total darkness.
—Ali Arkady, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
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
If a mutation causes sonic hedgehog activity to become too muted, the result can be a birth defect called holoprosencephaly, marked in the most extreme cases by a head with a single, cyclopean eye.
—George Johnson, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2013
Rachmaninoff’s humbling presence, re-encountered, is gigantic, cyclopean.
—Joseph Horowitz, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2018
Vividly monumental aggregates of cyclopean arches, inverted pyramids, louvered domes, layered patterns and saturated colors—this is not the rigidly principled modernism of Le Corbusier or the inviolate geometry of Louis Kahn.
—Julie V. Iovine, WSJ, 22 Feb. 2017
Of course, the short, goggled and sometimes cyclopean minions are on hand, engaging in a prison food fight and dancing in a cancan-like production number. Innocuous pandemonium ensues in candy colors.
—Andy Webster, New York Times, 29 June 2017
Iran, Syria, Mali, Somalia, Eritrea, Iraq—in a Cyclopean cellar wrapped in near-total darkness.
—Ali Arkady, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cyclopean
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The increase in energy from a healthier diet has maximized his gym workouts, and his shooting — 3-pointers, mid-range, off the dribble — has taken a giant step forward.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2025
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The film is a giant step for a picture coming out of Nigeria and landing at the world’s most important film festival.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
13 May 2025
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In the spring of 2022, Russian forces trapped a large group of Ukrainians inside a gigantic steel factory called Azovstal, in southern Ukraine.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
16 May 2025
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What all of these cases have in common is a truly gigantic deer, and then, sadly, lots of discord within the hunting community.—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
15 May 2025
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Only five of the colossal machines have ever been shipped.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
22 May 2025
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Here in this vast sandy landscape (also known as the Empty Quarter), colossal dunes create a breathtaking setting for stargazing — an activity that the resort can organize.—
Natasha Amar,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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The High Plains also get plenty of love from Hill Country wineries—the Panhandle does, after all, produce the vast majority of the grapes grown in the state.—
Amanda Ogle,
Travel + Leisure,
18 May 2025
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There are the vast arcs of the avenues, the great green slashes of parks and cemeteries, the jagged field of skyscrapers, steepled and spiked like iron filings pulled up toward the great magnet of the sky.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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That day, she was declared cancer-free — an enormous win.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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An enormous hole in the budget WHO faces the most significant budget crisis in its nearly 80-year history.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
19 May 2025
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Tesla sales have experienced a huge international decline, leaving room for competitors to gain momentum.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Again, giving our team a chance to win and staying in it was huge.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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The massive undersea volcano reaches more than 3,600 feet above the seabed is located 300 miles offshore.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Whoever joins the Lakers’ staff will be leaned on to help the rest of the roster, most notably Austin Reaves, who is set for free agency next summer and in line for a massive raise.—
Dan Woike,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2025
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And the one mammoth presence in the middle of all of it was Big Papi.—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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New estimates released by USGS on Wednesday indicate that just 61 million barrels of oil are technically recoverable in this region — equivalent to just 0.68 percent of the mammoth quantities already extracted.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Cyclopean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyclopean. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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