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monolith

noun

Definition of monolith

as in obelisk

a very large stone that is usually tall and narrow Archaeologists have reported the discovery of an ancient monolith.

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Recent Examples of monolith 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 Of course, the United States is far from a monolith and a long weekend in Jackson Hole, Palm Springs, or East Hampton may rack up a larger bill than a getaway to Galena, Illinois or Door County, Wisconsin. — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 One level of magnitude higher, though, and the forest is a monolith. — Literary Hub, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for monolith

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obelisk

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The jail, a beige 12-story obelisk, overlooks all of downtown Las Vegas – a Bosch-in-the-sunbelt panorama.

— Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
Across town, a stone obelisk—similar to Washington’s but, again, taller—was constructed with 25,550 blocks of white granite, one for each day of Kim’s seven decades of life.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

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