as in colossal
unusually large
The explorers stumbled upon an ancient castle of monolithic proportions.
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Recent Examples of monolithic
That’s the period during which Hollywood’s monolithic studio system broke up, as a result of a 1948 antitrust decree and of commercial pressures that included the growing popularity of television and a shift toward suburban life styles.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Rendered in textured brass, the piece can hold up to four candles and evokes the Italian studio’s monolithic, architectural design practice.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2026
Big bets worth hundreds of billions Amazon’s monolithic data centers and millions of miles of fiber optic cables underpin the internet.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
In Serra’s view, that monolithic logic was precisely what made his work sculptural.
—Julian Rose, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2026
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Rendered in textured brass, the piece can hold up to four candles and evokes the Italian studio’s monolithic, architectural design practice.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2026
Big bets worth hundreds of billions Amazon’s monolithic data centers and millions of miles of fiber optic cables underpin the internet.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
In Serra’s view, that monolithic logic was precisely what made his work sculptural.
—Julian Rose, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monolithic
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In 2019, Joe Biden vowed never to raise taxes on people earning less than $400,000 a year—a colossal sum, even in Greenwich, Connecticut, or Cupertino, California.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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Amid colossal spending on AI, many of these new startups are raising hundreds of millions within months of being founded.—
Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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The painting’s gigantic walnut frame resembled a window set into a niche.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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For the centerpiece installation in the Great Hall, Vogue and the event-design team of Raúl Àvila and Derek McLane created a gigantic full moon (about 26 feet in diameter).—
Anna Grace Lee,
Vogue,
4 May 2026
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The massive ships that glide through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are facing extreme fuel costs as oil prices rise, often paying millions of dollars more to top off their titanic tanks.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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That the precise prose of this account, and numerous other anecdotes, is written with the kind of titanic certainty that would sway a jury is expected; what’s surprising, however, is Crenshaw’s candor in revealing her vulnerability and disappointments.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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Some are monumental, including 10-foot-tall figures based on Bartholomew Flayed from the Duomo in Milan.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
4 May 2026
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In late March, Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes won the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, a monumental achievement for the 19-year-old Italian driver, who became the youngest driver to lead the Formula One World Championship.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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In the past few years, Russia, at an enormous cost to its own forces, made steady advances on the battlefield (most estimates suggest more than a million Russian soldiers have been killed or injured since the start of the conflict).—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Ferrari has set itself an enormous challenge.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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Critics called the astronomical price out of touch, while resurfaced allegations against founding chef René Redzepi sparked protests.—
Daniel Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Paranal is one of nearly 30 astronomical sites in northern Chile, most of which are managed by international organizations.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Suddenly, Amex needed a mammoth restructuring initiative, in part to offset all the lost sales.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Victorian solution for an AI future Slated for completion in 2029, this mammoth battery is the anchor of the 20,000 215,000-sq-ft (~20,000-sq-m) Laufenburg Technology Center, a sprawling hub that will integrate AI data centers, laboratories, and offices.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 May 2026
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While electricity plays a central role, lightning bolts are formed and shaped by the whole physics canon — from cosmic blasts to particle physics.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 May 2026
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Three recent preprint papers that arrived within weeks of one another probe the possibility that dark matter is not a mute backdrop but an active participant in cosmic physics.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
6 May 2026
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“Monolithic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monolithic. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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