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
Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
Those two players were prominent in Game 1 when the Pacers completed an epic comeback.
—Ryan Stano, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
The controversial and violent epic became a rage in 1967, bringing the duo an Oscar nomination.
—Carmel Dagan, Variety, 13 May 2025
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Adjective
Superheroes, who belong to an epic tradition of gods, kings, and warriors, are ill-suited to our moment of intense self-consciousness.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
Those two players were prominent in Game 1 when the Pacers completed an epic comeback.
—Ryan Stano, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Noun
The 800-page epic starts slowly, as McMurtry introduces readers to a couple of former Texas Rangers and their bumbling ranch hands in 1870s South Texas.
—The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
The controversial and violent epic became a rage in 1967, bringing the duo an Oscar nomination.
—Carmel Dagan, Variety, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epic
Adjective
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In one of his only performances as an ostensibly normal guy, Cruise brings magnificent dirtbag energy to War of the Worlds' Ray, a working-class deadbeat dad whose one weekend with his kids (Dakota Fanning and Justin Chatwin) overlaps with an alien invasion.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
24 May 2025
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Heart rate rises, breath softens, and eyes glue to this magnificent 500-pound mammal that could rip me to pieces with the simple swipe of its striped paw.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
23 May 2025
Noun
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The Dolphins-Ramsey saga dates back to mid-April when news broke that both sides mutually agreed to trade the star cornerback.—
C. Isaiah Smalls II,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2025
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The legal saga has fixated true-crime fans across the country, spurring an array of podcasts, movies and television shows.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Marina’s Tapas, which opened in early December 2024, is an ode to Kaifer’s Spanish great-grandmother.—
Kayleigh Ruller,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2025
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It’s not known if the 11 parents who applied to call their child King meant it as an ode to Charles, but all were asked to have a rethink, according to Crawford-Smith.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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The wedding went off without a hitch, a glorious event on a glorious August day.—
Lian Dolan,
People.com,
20 May 2025
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Slauson Rec treats those glorious early days, filled with endless promise and all-access star adjacency, in a way that mirrors the students’ own swooning.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Patriotism became a litmus test, and scholars who applied their expertise to offer critical analyses of America’s revered narratives were suspected of harboring a dangerous un-American ideology.—
Time,
Time,
20 May 2025
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Netflix has been pushing its own games business lately, focusing on games based on mainstream IP, party games, narrative games and kids games.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2025
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It’s remained in the company’s repertoire for decades, and the use of Coltrane’s elegy for the love of her life has made that music into two dirges, one for husband John Coltrane and another for the woman on the invisible mourner’s bench honoring and channeling him for the rest of her days.—
Harmony Holiday,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Lucas’s final film is a kind of elegy for an entire style of personal blockbuster filmmaking, Williams’ funeral music in the last moments fitting for the director’s last moments behind the camera.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Expect a three- to four-hour trek of moderate difficulty, but the majestic views of the rocky coastline from the top are worth the trip. Visit Jardin de L’Albarda.—
Liz Provencher,
Travel + Leisure,
20 May 2025
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In a place as old and majestic as Rome, even the mundane can contain fascinating remnants of history.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2025
Noun
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The story splits its time between young Wash's misadventures and the older, adult Wash's tale of first love with a biracial woman, Tanna (Iola Evans), and a brush with danger in the form of bounty hunter, Willard (Billy Boyd).—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
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It's been a tale of two companies with different policies, as Costco, which resisted public pressure to roll back its diversity plans, saw its 16th consecutive week of rising foot traffic that week.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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“Epic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epic. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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