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
To get at that immensity, Bell advances seven core arguments that encompass migration, the war’s human cost, the improbability of its outcome, naval power, trade, imperial crackdowns in other colonies and the spread of liberty.
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Maren Longbella, Boston Herald, 28 Nov. 2025
Swooping softly in figure ∞’s— immensity held open in his wings
held almost entirely still
except for a slight tremble
unseen, but felt by my fingertips.
—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
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
These stick figures remind me of fishermen in an old Japanese woodblock print, their histories and identities dissolved by the low light and the immensity of their stage.
—Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024
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Maren Longbella, Boston Herald, 28 Nov. 2025
Swooping softly in figure ∞’s— immensity held open in his wings
held almost entirely still
except for a slight tremble
unseen, but felt by my fingertips.
—Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
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
These stick figures remind me of fishermen in an old Japanese woodblock print, their histories and identities dissolved by the low light and the immensity of their stage.
—Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immensity
Noun
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The relative strength index, or RSI, is a technical indicator that measures the speed and magnitude of recent price moves.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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The magnitude of the admissions slowdown nationwide is hard to estimate because there’s no reliable count of the number of individual programs that quietly decided, without any central administration directive, to pull back on their numbers.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But the vastness was really about fostering conditions in which his spectral harmonies could thrive.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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Part of Greenland’s appeal, indeed, comes from both the vastness of the territory and the variety of its geological features.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2026
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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The latter pushes for showing the bodies of dead Palestinian children on screen, to convey the enormity of the carnage in the war on Gaza.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
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The most impactful parts of these recordings are almost always the discussions of legacies; of how the families that students meet still live with the enormity of Holocaust trauma.—
Chad Gibbs,
The Conversation,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Immensity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immensity. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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