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as in difficult
requiring considerable physical or mental effort
the herculean task of grading 60 student essays over one weekend
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as in enormous
unusually large
a herculean banquet table that took eight men to lift it
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for herculean
Adjective
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Two of Elissa’s tumors were obliterated that day, but the third was too difficult to reach without repositioning Elissa’s body in a way that would have taken too much time under anesthesia.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
USA Today,
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Luca Solca sector head for global luxury goods at Bernstein Clouding the picture further, many other premium Swiss watchmakers including Rolex, Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet, are privately owned, making their performance difficult to decipher.—
Karen Gilchrist,
CNBC,
18 May 2025
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That day, she was declared cancer-free — an enormous win.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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An enormous hole in the budget WHO faces the most significant budget crisis in its nearly 80-year history.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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However, this challenging situation also presents an opportunity for businesses.—
Kendra Davenport,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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The new bill, advocates said, is also expected to be particularly challenging for Native Americans who rely on tribal cards for identification ‒ which typically don't include place of birth, as the new law requires.—
Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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There is a tremendous difference between getting the two countries to step back from the brink of war and facilitating a permanent solution to an 80-year dispute.—
Lisa Curtis,
Foreign Affairs,
13 May 2025
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Nonetheless, Schaffer’s golden opportunity comes with tremendous obstacles.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
13 May 2025
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Being a careless jackass but also irresistibly charming is a tough needle to thread.—
Staff Author Published,
EW.com,
22 May 2025
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Johnson has been on a winning streak this year with Trump in the White House and backing him repeatedly to muscle through a series of very tough votes on the slimmest of majorities.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
22 May 2025
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Tesla sales have experienced a huge international decline, leaving room for competitors to gain momentum.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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ServiceNow is building on its background in IT service management and more generally in workflow automation to attempt something potentially huge in the world of enterprise software.—
Patrick Moorhead,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Tom and Rhyan make a formidable duo on the right side of the line and Jenkins will move to center after spending most of his career at left guard.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Each pits a young heroine of humble means against the formidable, possibly sinister lady of the estate; this time, that quintessential Nicole Kidman role is played by a serenely terrifying Julianne Moore.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
22 May 2025
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In the spring of 2022, Russian forces trapped a large group of Ukrainians inside a gigantic steel factory called Azovstal, in southern Ukraine.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
16 May 2025
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What all of these cases have in common is a truly gigantic deer, and then, sadly, lots of discord within the hunting community.—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
15 May 2025
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“Herculean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herculean. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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