as in huge
unusually large
I will never understand why people build those mega houses on tiny lots
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Recent Examples of mega
The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the mega number in the drawing Saturday, April 26 to win $30,084, the California State Lottery said.
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Don Sweeney
april 26, Sacbee.com, 26 Apr. 2026
Many of our favorite listings go on mega sale, including this 69 percent-off Rockland Melbourne Large Suitcase.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2026
Along the way, a young Michael meets (and wows) music industry legends like Berry Gordy (Larenz Tate) and Quincy Jones (Kendrick Sampson) and embarks on his mega-successful solo career.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
Set the scene After touching down in Xiahe, a tiny airport about an hours’ flight north of Chengdu, China’s mega-city sprawl couldn’t feel further away.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
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Don Sweeney
april 26, Sacbee.com, 26 Apr. 2026
Many of our favorite listings go on mega sale, including this 69 percent-off Rockland Melbourne Large Suitcase.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2026
Along the way, a young Michael meets (and wows) music industry legends like Berry Gordy (Larenz Tate) and Quincy Jones (Kendrick Sampson) and embarks on his mega-successful solo career.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
Set the scene After touching down in Xiahe, a tiny airport about an hours’ flight north of Chengdu, China’s mega-city sprawl couldn’t feel further away.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mega
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Again and again worked Friday night for Blanco, who produced an RBI and triple for Oak Lawn in that huge third to spark a 22-6 victory over host Crete-Monee in five innings in Crete.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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That will also be a huge difference from the Orbán regime, when there was no responsibility or consequences of any crime, any political mistake.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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This is an area where Ferrari is looking to use Hypersail as a giant research and development project.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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This was the groundbreaking ceremony for The District at Ten Mile, the giant commercial center that will soon rise over 220 acres of land northwest of the Ten Mile Interchange.—
Rose Evans
Updated May 6,
Idaho Statesman,
6 May 2026
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The painting’s gigantic walnut frame resembled a window set into a niche.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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For the centerpiece installation in the Great Hall, Vogue and the event-design team of Raúl Àvila and Derek McLane created a gigantic full moon (about 26 feet in diameter).—
Anna Grace Lee,
Vogue,
4 May 2026
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So there was a huge leap between [Seasons] 2 and 1, and an even bigger leap between 3 and 2, and then a massive leap between 4 and 3, and there will be another leap between 5 and 4.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
7 May 2026
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Not everyone, however, is accepting this massive redistribution of wealth and power without a fight.—
Alice Xiang,
Time,
6 May 2026
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In 2019, Joe Biden vowed never to raise taxes on people earning less than $400,000 a year—a colossal sum, even in Greenwich, Connecticut, or Cupertino, California.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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Amid colossal spending on AI, many of these new startups are raising hundreds of millions within months of being founded.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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Across the rest of the world , the vast majority of global stock markets were closed Friday for the Labor Day holiday.—
Michael Considine,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
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While that may seem like a vast expanse when starting with tiny seedlings, know that these productive plants will spread several feet by the end of the season.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 May 2026
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In the past few years, Russia, at an enormous cost to its own forces, made steady advances on the battlefield (most estimates suggest more than a million Russian soldiers have been killed or injured since the start of the conflict).—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Ferrari has set itself an enormous challenge.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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At the same time, there have been tremendous advancements in the types of pediatric care available.—
Suzanne King,
Kansas City Star,
2 May 2026
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Buffett said Abel has done a tremendous job so far, and Cook helped Berkshire's initial $35 billion investment in Apple grow to be worth $185 billion today.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 May 2026
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“Mega.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mega. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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