as in colossal
unusually large
The explorers stumbled upon an ancient castle of monolithic proportions.
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Recent Examples of monolithic
For the non-connoisseur, chocolate tends to be thought of as a monolithic flavor, Hack said.
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Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
LeCun, who left Meta in November to found Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI) Labs, argued that the AI industry has become dangerously monolithic.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
Organizations are moving away from monolithic AI systems toward coordinated teams of specialized agents.
—Melody Brue, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Advertisement The Iranian clergy is far from monolithic.
—Narges Bajoghli, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
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Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
LeCun, who left Meta in November to found Advanced Machine Intelligence (AMI) Labs, argued that the AI industry has become dangerously monolithic.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
Organizations are moving away from monolithic AI systems toward coordinated teams of specialized agents.
—Melody Brue, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Advertisement The Iranian clergy is far from monolithic.
—Narges Bajoghli, Time, 13 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monolithic
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Minutewomen coach Rebecca Trachsel and her girls were thrilled with the colossal win.—
Hannah Hughes,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
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The European Southern Observatory has released a new view of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), as its colossal outer dome nears completion at Cerro Armazones in Chile's Atacama Desert.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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Lurking behind is the orange and white bulk of the Artemis 2 Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, which sits unseen in this photo at the white tip of the gigantic launch vehicle.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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The Anterselva Biathlon Arena is a legit sporting stadium, with thousands of permanent seats, a gigantic video board, VIP seating areas and a vast network of tunnels connecting it all.—
Zack Pierce,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
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Henderson scored, putting the Pats ahead once again in a titanic battle of AFC East powerhouses.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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But hiding behind this benign climate state was all that titanic power flowing through the climate system.—
Adam Frank,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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The avalanche of Miami Dolphins cuts Monday, which included the monumental release of wide receiver Tyreek Hill, began with outside linebacker Bradley Chubb.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2026
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The findings also reinforce that ancient Egyptian innovation extended beyond monumental architecture to practical craftsmanship and toolmaking.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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Wall Street wants to see evidence that these enormous expenditures will result in actual profits.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Republican leaders must stay closely aligned with Trump, of course, while Schumer and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are under enormous pressure to resist the president.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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To address this problem, Hint has worked to reframe astrology not as fortune-telling, but emotional pattern recognition supported by astronomical data and artificial intelligence (AI) personalization.—
Felysha Walker,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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There will be higher astronomical tides Sunday and Monday, so much of the coast could be vulnerable to at least minor coastal flooding and beach erosion.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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Katharine arrived just after Labor Day in 1918 for her first day of work at GE’s mammoth, sprawling complex.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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Meta has quietly purchased roughly 1,400 acres—an area almost twice the size of Manhattan’s Central Park—adjacent to its already-mammoth 2,250-acre Hyperion AI data center site in Richland Parish, Louisiana, Fortune has learned.—
Alexei Oreskovic,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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TDEs generally occur when stars venture too close to the supermassive black holes that sit at the heart of large galaxies, resulting in the immense gravity of these cosmic titans simultaneously squashing the stellar body horizontally while stretching it vertically.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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Many reactions emit energy, often in large amounts, but cosmic efficiency is another metric altogether.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Monolithic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monolithic. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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