as in magnitude
the quality or state of being very large
the immensity of the mountain was awe-inspiring, especially up close
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Recent Examples of immensity
But others, thankfully, find a way to talk about the immensity of caregiving and domestic work without degrading it.
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Elissa Strauss, Glamour, 10 May 2025
Shouldn’t something similar apply to technology, given the immensity of its influence?
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
The resulting Hubble Deep Field image revealed about 3,000 distant galaxies, offering humanity's first profound look into the universe's true immensity and revealing a cosmos teeming with galaxies, even at extreme distances.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The sheer immensity of the tent city is jaw-dropping, a hinterland oblivion of yurts and RVs, all stretching into the distance as far as the eye can see.
—Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for immensity
Elissa Strauss, Glamour, 10 May 2025
Shouldn’t something similar apply to technology, given the immensity of its influence?
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
The resulting Hubble Deep Field image revealed about 3,000 distant galaxies, offering humanity's first profound look into the universe's true immensity and revealing a cosmos teeming with galaxies, even at extreme distances.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The sheer immensity of the tent city is jaw-dropping, a hinterland oblivion of yurts and RVs, all stretching into the distance as far as the eye can see.
—Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for immensity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immensity
Noun
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The magnitude of the moment wasn’t lost on fans.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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But research has projected that there is about a 50 percent chance another COVID-like magnitude of a pandemic (>25 million global deaths) will hit us in the next 20 to 25 years.—
Dr. Seth Berkley,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The country spans 11 different time zones, making its vastness its biggest weakness in defending against Ukrainian drone attacks.—
David Kirichenko,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Our Universe may be full of stars, galaxies, and a cosmic web of large-scale structure, all separated by the vastness of empty space between them, but it wasn’t born that way.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Like Phish or Taylor Swift or The Dead, 21P have created a universe for their fans that is a self-sustaining mechanism, even if the hugeness of it doesn’t always translate into huge chart success.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
23 Sep. 2025
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Hawley, who directed the premiere, brings an impressive sense of scale to the action, conveying the hugeness of the spaceship and its urban crash zone, contrasted with the smallness of the figures trying to make their way through the mayhem.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
13 Aug. 2025
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Later, European romantics would use the word sublime to describe the sensation evoked by confrontation with the grandeur and terror of nature, its existential enormity.—
Greg Grandin
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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So convinced that exposing their crimes on a worldwide stage with a trial was the only way to expose the enormity of Reich atrocities and achieve closure, Jackson put at risk his fast track toward becoming Chief Justice.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Immensity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immensity. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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