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
Garneau created a monolith to help divide the living and sleeping areas.
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Troy J. McMullen, Architectural Digest, 6 Mar. 2025
Travelers come from around the world to witness the event at the granite monolith, famed for its nearly vertical walls, some booking entry tickets and reserving parking spots a year in advance.
—Amanda Jackson, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
These shifting perspectives reinforce the notion of the border as a landscape marked by many lives and stories, rather than a monolith.
—David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
But this is the problem with looking at these characters as monolith stand-ins for an entire group of people.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
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Troy J. McMullen, Architectural Digest, 6 Mar. 2025
Travelers come from around the world to witness the event at the granite monolith, famed for its nearly vertical walls, some booking entry tickets and reserving parking spots a year in advance.
—Amanda Jackson, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
These shifting perspectives reinforce the notion of the border as a landscape marked by many lives and stories, rather than a monolith.
—David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
But this is the problem with looking at these characters as monolith stand-ins for an entire group of people.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monolith
obelisk
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The Concorde obelisk was one of two red granite columns that Ramses raised outside Egypt’s Luxor Temple.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 May 2025
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The obelisk in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where Francis is from, was illuminated with a projection of the pope on Saturday night.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Monolith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monolith. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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