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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
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Combining the immensity of an ocean liner and the elegance of a swan, the 747 is the only commercial jet that deserves to be called beautiful.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
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The immensity of the body of water, which resembles an 186-mile vericose vein snaking across southern Utah, is difficult to comprehend or convey.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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This week will bring that fiery adrenaline into your soul, pushing you to explore the depths within, but also the vastness of the world and other people.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
14 June 2026
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Cross-hatched grids in the background represent the vastness of the surrounding areas, including Burbank and Studio City.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Nowhere in the vestiges of what was once the sprawl of corporate hugeness known as The General Electric Company are there signs that Katharine Blodgett's laboratory notebooks still exist.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
13 Mar. 2026
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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
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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There was a bigness to not just the melodies and choruses, but to the emotions being expressed.—
Brendan Hay,
SPIN,
13 Apr. 2026
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Its enormity eclipsed the hot desert sun.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
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Despite Kai Havertz opening the scoring after just six minutes, the final didn’t really spark into life until the final 20 minutes when legs got heavy, changes were made and both teams took off the handbrake and the enormity of the occasion truly set in.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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His relaxed point of view is a far cry from the grandness or the grittiness that marked the work of Western painters past like Frederic Remington or Albert Bierstadt.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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But the grandness of these dreams butts up against the precarity that their dreamers are facing.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2026
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Its bulkiness could be seen as both a blessing and a curse, as much of the weight is concentrated in the base to prevent the monitor from tipping over.—
Tony Hoffman,
PC Magazine,
2 June 2026
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Convenient and effective, at keeping your beverages cool, yes, but the worst part about most coolers is hands-down the bulkiness.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 May 2026
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“Mightiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mightiness. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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