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Recent Examples of enormity This may be an exercise in explicit bias or an attempt to shield the pope and his reputation from the enormity of this revelation. Rebecca R. Bibbs, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025 And as Suryavanshi walked off, television cameras caught him wiping away a tear, perhaps caught in the enormity of the moment. Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2025 Hence cutting funding to grants that are subject to rigorous competition highlights the enormity of the problem that US science faces at this moment, relative to its geopolitical rivals, especially China. Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025 However, both lawmakers stressed the enormity of the $12 billion deficit. Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for enormity
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Noun
  • Only many days after the start of the heat wave would the magnitude of the tragedy begin to sink in, as newspaper articles and nightly news reports tallied hundreds of deaths across Chicago.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
  • There have been money woes and police scandals, but nothing of the magnitude that would put village sustainability at risk.
    Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • For Córdova, that path began with a moment of astonishment: watching a television program about neutron stars as a young woman, she was struck by the immensity of the cosmos and felt the pull of a question that would guide her for a lifetime — how does the universe work?
    John Drake, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • But others, thankfully, find a way to talk about the immensity of caregiving and domestic work without degrading it.
    Elissa Strauss, Glamour, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • While Israel has every right to defend itself and respond to the atrocities of Oct. 7th, nothing can justify the horrors currently committed in Gaza.
    Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, Time, 7 July 2025
  • Some three decades after the genocide in Srebrenica, there are several early warning signs and risk factors indicating the serious risk of atrocity crimes in the region.
    Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025

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“Enormity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enormity. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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