megalith

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Recent Examples of megalith Scattered among the heaping red rock hills of the Pilbara lies the world’s densest collection of petroglyphs and megaliths. Michelle Tchea, Time, 12 Mar. 2026 In contrast to the rectilinear blocks at Stonehenge, the Stenness megaliths are thin slabs with angled upper edges, like upside-down guillotine blades. Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 Chief among these was the sacrifice of childhood upon the altar of commerce, performed by such capitalistic megaliths as Disney, whose Mickey Mouse figured prominently in his oeuvre. News Desk, Artforum, 24 Nov. 2025 Not many entertainment studios can say they’re successively owned by a media company, a dialup power player, a media company again, a telecom megalith, a cable giant and a software scion. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for megalith
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Noun
  • The resulting low-slung structure is clad in understated materials, with a sloping bronze-colored roof, stone chimney, expansive glazing, and teak siding.
    David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026
  • But the stone is so historically infamous that locals know it as Ínség-szikla—the Rock of Starvation.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The entire monument had to be covered in scaffolding for the $ 15 million in repairs and reinforcement.
    Adam Thompson, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Even a carriage horse at the foot of the ancient monument has joined in, sporting a brown bucket hat with holes cut for its ears.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • President Ford once told me, your tombstone should read, here lies the worst source in Washington.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Fiscal came back with a tombstone attempt, but Fenix escaped and peppered him with more kicks.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Because the payoff was an epic view of Lake Superior and Grand Marais from the top of a massive bald monolith.
    Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Think less Zaha Hadid streamlined and more Frank Lloyd Wright monolith.
    Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Haunted Mansion props on the parade floats will include the conservatory casket, cryptic gravestones, gargoyle candleholders, watchful busts, haunted armor and stretching room portraits.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Almost like gravestones etched with the years of a life, they were marked with the diameter of the trees that had once stood there.
    Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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“Megalith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/megalith. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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