as in magnitude
the quality or state of being very large
you can only appreciate the hugeness of the dome when you see how tiny the people standing under it look
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Noun
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The magnitude was originally reported as 2.7 but later downgraded to 2.6.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
23 Aug. 2025 -
But failure rarely belongs solely to one person — especially failure of this magnitude.—
James Boyd,
New York Times,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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To appreciate the full moral weight and dramatic immensity of these moments means grasping the significance of the moments leading up to them—and the ones that come afterward.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
14 Aug. 2025
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Not even the best paintings or photographs can ever trace its immensity; only fractions can be glimpsed and never held for long.—
Tom Zoellner,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
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The enormity of what happened in so short a span of time beggars belief.—
Hussein Agha,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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The power of Adolescence is the way the enormity of this crime plays out over time, starting with the arrest, then the investigation, then the psychological report, and, finally, the family’s attempts to deal with it all.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Hugeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hugeness. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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