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also humungous
as in huge
unusually large
I'm sleepy because I ate a humongous lunch
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Recent Examples of humongous
Shohei Ohtani was the only NL All-Star during Monday’s media availability to have a more consistently humongous throng of reporters around his table.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
The sandwiches here are not humongous, but they’re also priced right at less than $10 apiece.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
If Türkiye is not your final destination, the airline can take you from its humongous hub in Istanbul to just about anywhere in the world.
—AFAR Media, 10 July 2025
To see that movie outdoors in that humongous screen for 18,000 people.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 9 July 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
The sandwiches here are not humongous, but they’re also priced right at less than $10 apiece.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
If Türkiye is not your final destination, the airline can take you from its humongous hub in Istanbul to just about anywhere in the world.
—AFAR Media, 10 July 2025
To see that movie outdoors in that humongous screen for 18,000 people.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humongous
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The Studio Ends Big Night With Record Wins Seth Rogen closed out a huge night for Apple TV+’s The Studio, which won best comedy.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Stewart has also become a huge advocate for New Yorkers who were exposed to deadly toxins during the 9/11 attacks, and even spoke before Congress in 2019 to urge the passing of a bill that would provide aid to victims.—
Keith Langston,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Sep. 2025
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The interior also worked well for the series’ trademark giant roundtable, and was able to accommodate the large cast.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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For a long time, people simply followed the work of researchers in the 1970s — including Carl Sagan — who studied the worlds in our Solar System, and assumed such exo-atmospheres would have similar hazes to Saturn’s giant moon Titan.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
10 Sep. 2025
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You may be relieved to know that this book does not involve a gigantic replica of anyone’s birth canal.—
Jamie Harrow,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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Royer, who worked as an architect before joining Ford 15 years ago, said the miniature clay world headquarters will be something people can use to navigate the real-life gigantic space.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
Freep.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The country is grappling with mammoth debt, a real-estate market downturn, high levels of youth unemployment, and a broad economic slowdown.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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So did the dire wolf, the mammoth and the giant ground sloth.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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And then came the show’s monster success in streaming.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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That’s a pretty monster performance that sets up Project Runway for a promising return to television with this Disney reboot.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
14 July 2025
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In short, the massive popularity of its original anime ‘80s run wasn’t matched by its merchandising, and that’s something that is now being belatedly addressed.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Musk has long said Starship’s sheer size and power could make brand-new types of missions possible, including carrying groups of humans to Mars and deploying massive new space telescopes.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Hollywood loves a grand gesture.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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Smart underwent knee surgery four days later — the same day she was set to open her grand return to Broadway in the one-woman show Call Me Izzy, forcing her to announce a temporary leave.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Sep. 2025
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Kirk’s death brought a tremendous response across the political spectrum.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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But mortgage rates remain elevated above 6%, freezing activity in the housing market that enjoyed a tremendous boom during the pandemic thanks to sub-3% mortgage rates.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Humongous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humongous. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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