as in magnificent
large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception
an epic plan for the revitalization of the city
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as in saga
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as in ode
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Recent Examples of epic
Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
This marks the violent anime epic's ninth week since its home country premiere in Japan, but only second after rolling out from Asian markets to the rest of the world.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
Rachel Choy, Refinery29, 3 Oct. 2025
That’s because Safdie wanted to give Kerr’s everyday life a sense of epic grandeur.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
The film is a true epic — beautifully shot, enthrallingly told, and one of the festival’s most unforgettable journeys.
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
This marks the violent anime epic's ninth week since its home country premiere in Japan, but only second after rolling out from Asian markets to the rest of the world.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
The film picks up years after Elphaba's (Cynthia Erivo) epic performance of Defying Gravity, and delves into her new life as the Wicked Witch of the West.
—Rachel Choy, Refinery29, 3 Oct. 2025
That’s because Safdie wanted to give Kerr’s everyday life a sense of epic grandeur.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epic
Adjective
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All of them have been magnificent.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Oh, and the triumphant return of Jake's magnificent Toruk beast, too.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Her dogged efforts to get every manuscript into print succeeded, and Wade makes the best of a musty publishing saga.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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The forward's contract saga has held up other roster decisions for the franchise.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The song was released with the video, an ode to pastels that depicts the changing of the guard from one album to the next with a snake turning into a cluster of butterflies.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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The rear hallway and staircases were envisioned by James Thomas as an ode to the Amalfi Coast and Greek islands.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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However, your best bet for seeing the glorious reds, oranges, or yellows of the oak, hickory, and maple trees along the route will be mid to late October.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Sep. 2025
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And yes, some of them are still only publicly available in glorious 360-pixel formats.—
James Factora,
Them.,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The 2024 European Parliament elections strengthened far-right blocs and pushed the centre-right toward diluting elements of the Green Deal, reframing climate rules as sovereignty or competitiveness threats and amplifying cost-of-living and farmer-protest narratives.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The predominant narrative among many springs scientists, advocates and government officials is that rising nitrate levels in springs over the past few decades fuels the growth of excess algae.—
Christopher F. Meindl,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The film marks his second time grappling with the postmodern author’s ideas on screen, following 2014’s Inherent Vice, a rueful elegy to California counterculture, which was itself the first, and to date only, official adaptation of Pynchon in cinema.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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This is her elegy, her memorial, her voice, her face.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Senior receiver Trond Grizzell has a majestic name and a 6-foot-4 frame, while freshman QB Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele didn’t take long to make an impression at the college level.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The record often feels morbid and majestic at the same time.—
Allaire Nuss,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In a battle between two undefeated NFC teams, the Buccaneers and Eagles played a tale of two halves that came down to the wire.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Told through empathetic interviews with his bandmates and family, Struebing’s ordeal becomes a tale of partial redemption and a lament about the failure of our justice system to meet the mental-health needs of people caught up in it.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Epic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epic. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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