as in magnitude
the quality or state of being very large
the enormousness of the mall is such that one could shop at a different store for every day of the year
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enormousness
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Jonathan Krinksy, an analyst at BTIG, said in a recent note that the magnitude of the markup in the semiconductor space resembles 1999.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
8 May 2026 -
In their separate addresses to families, several Board members acknowledged questions from parents regarding how the school could have reached a financial crisis of this magnitude.—
Claire Murphy,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2026
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At this point, Venegas briefly glances at the rows of books inside the lending library, as if contemplating the vastness of human creativity.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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Originally staged at Avignon in 2025, the play follows a father and daughter whose bond is tested across the vastness of space as one of them starts a new life on Mars while Earth deteriorates.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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The immensity of recreational fishing also likely has effects on freshwater ecosystems that have gone unrecognized by fisheries managers.—
Matthew Robertson,
The Conversation,
6 May 2026
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Their grandeur and immensity manage to surprise us even in an age when humans are building larger and larger things.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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Nowhere in the vestiges of what was once the sprawl of corporate hugeness known as The General Electric Company are there signs that Katharine Blodgett's laboratory notebooks still exist.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
13 Mar. 2026
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Like Phish or Taylor Swift or The Dead, 21P have created a universe for their fans that is a self-sustaining mechanism, even if the hugeness of it doesn’t always translate into huge chart success.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
23 Sep. 2025
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After winning, DeVaux didn’t downplay the enormity of her achievement.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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The enormity of the turbines was evident from even a mile out.—
Jennifer McDermott,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Enormousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enormousness. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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