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
Rachmaninoff’s humbling presence, re-encountered, is gigantic, cyclopean.
—Joseph Horowitz, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2018
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
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
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
Rachmaninoff’s humbling presence, re-encountered, is gigantic, cyclopean.
—Joseph Horowitz, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2018
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cyclopean
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So yeah, who is going to go into the Olympics, with everything that’s at stake, with the world shifting and media behavior, constantly shifting, and be absolutely confident that that big, giant American audience is going to reassemble?—
Sara Germano,
Sportico.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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Longtime readers may remember a proposal to recreate the experience of standing on the the Moon inside a giant spherical structure here on Earth.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Lurking behind is the orange and white bulk of the Artemis 2 Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, which sits unseen in this photo at the white tip of the gigantic launch vehicle.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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The Anterselva Biathlon Arena is a legit sporting stadium, with thousands of permanent seats, a gigantic video board, VIP seating areas and a vast network of tunnels connecting it all.—
Zack Pierce,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Minutewomen coach Rebecca Trachsel and her girls were thrilled with the colossal win.—
Hannah Hughes,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
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The European Southern Observatory has released a new view of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), as its colossal outer dome nears completion at Cerro Armazones in Chile's Atacama Desert.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Aid groups say the true war death toll could be many times higher, as the fighting in vast and remote areas impedes access.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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The sponsors said the vast majority of Floridians would have their citizenship checked seamlessly by matching the voter registration database with REAL ID records maintained by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the state driver license agency.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Naturalists will take to the property's enormous, 116-year-old Indian banyan tree.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2026
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Her fluent Mandarin also gives her access to an enormous market in China, where her face is splashed across billboards and television screens.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The residences are huge, and the life is peaceful – at least west of Kyiv.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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The Gardens are relatively easy to navigate, but huge and sprawling.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Privacy concerns about using massive DNA databases in law enforcement investigations continue – especially for services that exist mostly to satisfy people’s personal curiosity about their heritage.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Avalanches are rapid, massive slides of snow, ice, rock and soil that can be caused by storms, earthquakes or snowpack deterioration.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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The mammoth, winding sauna next door can hold up to 35 people.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Back in 2023, students at schools in Alaska learned about mammoth bone samples.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Cyclopean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyclopean. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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