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Recent Examples of mightiness
Trump felled so much timber not because of the mightiness of his axe but because of the rot within the trees and the weakness of the wood.
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Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
In the last two years, Monty and Rose’s followers have found inspiration in their small-but-mightiness.
—Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 26 Apr. 2021
When the past is invoked to stiffen the sinews of an epoch’s moods, bear out political imperatives, dominate the narratives of national heritage, and hold the center of middlebrow culture against all comers, mightiness and eminence become both end and means.
—William Hogeland, The New Republic, 25 Jan. 2021
This may reflect Mr Xi’s mightiness, or his weakness and insecurity.
—The Economist, 2 Nov. 2019
In our household, steak tartare is about the pure, unobscured flavor of the beef itself, that metallic, bloody, iron-rich mightiness.
—Gabrielle Hamilton, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2016
Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
In the last two years, Monty and Rose’s followers have found inspiration in their small-but-mightiness.
—Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 26 Apr. 2021
When the past is invoked to stiffen the sinews of an epoch’s moods, bear out political imperatives, dominate the narratives of national heritage, and hold the center of middlebrow culture against all comers, mightiness and eminence become both end and means.
—William Hogeland, The New Republic, 25 Jan. 2021
This may reflect Mr Xi’s mightiness, or his weakness and insecurity.
—The Economist, 2 Nov. 2019
In our household, steak tartare is about the pure, unobscured flavor of the beef itself, that metallic, bloody, iron-rich mightiness.
—Gabrielle Hamilton, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mightiness
Noun
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McCall urged survivors and others still grappling with the immensity of the tragedy to seek help themselves.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
5 Dec. 2025
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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.—
Maren Longbella,
Boston Herald,
28 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The woman used her headlamp light to alert crews and in a photo of the mountain her location can be seen as a white point of light in the vastness of the peak.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Michael Sutton, a redevelopment coordinator, has attributed the vastness of the land bank, particularly in northeast Wyandotte, to 20th century redlining and southward and westward flight of the county’s white, wealthy and middle class families.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
30 Dec. 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
Noun
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Unfortunately, Americans have proved themselves to be suckers for packaging that conveys a food’s healthiness, Bragg said.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
23 Aug. 2025
Noun
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My new collection would be spare and potent, a miniature version of my former enormity.—
Kenneth Turan,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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Financial experts have repeatedly raised logistical concerns regarding the enormity of the payment and how it would be enacted.—
Time,
Time,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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At a time when Germany still had a monarchy, the grandness of the Reichstag’s design was intended to rival any structure the monarchy would build for itself.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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All of these things were done without the bulkiness or power requirements of a pump, which has been one of the drawbacks of other hydraulic haptic systems.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Oct. 2025
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The gray hood paired with the plaid give you the look of layering without the bulkiness, and the plaid comes in a few different colors.—
Anna Halkidis,
Parents,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The chase of greatness can be maddening.—
Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2026
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The recruiting stars attached to a player’s name do not guarantee success any more than a coach’s blue-blooded bonafides ensure his greatness.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Mightiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mightiness. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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