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as in demon
a strange or horrible and often frightening creature
both children insisted that their parents check under the bed for monsters every night
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as in anomaly
a person, thing, or event that is far from normal
the gardener destroyed all of the monsters that mutated from his tomato plants
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as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
the guards at the concentration camps were monsters who enjoyed seeing their victims suffer
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as in giant
something large of its kind
a monster of a sandwich that could easily feed two hearty eaters
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as in gigantic
unusually large
a monster truck competition
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Recent Examples of monster
Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
Josh Hart was a monster on the boards with 15 of them.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 21 Jan. 2026
The Athletic's Jim Bowden recently predicted the Blue Jays would re-sign Bichette on a monster seven-year, $189 million deal this winter.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
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Noun
But the monster, in this case, is Onegin’s own inner demons.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
Josh Hart was a monster on the boards with 15 of them.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Adjective
American Airlines is allowing customers travelling to, through and from Charlotte to change their flight plans with no fee this weekend ahead of a potentially monster snowstorm for the Charlotte region and elsewhere.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 21 Jan. 2026
The Athletic's Jim Bowden recently predicted the Blue Jays would re-sign Bichette on a monster seven-year, $189 million deal this winter.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monster
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Centered on Zhong Kui, the iconic demon-quelling deity of Chinese folklore, the family-friendly adventure follows a young human girl named Chujiu who accidentally enters the underworld.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
1 June 2026
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In many ways, Rue’s fate had long been sealed, thanks to both her own personal demons and her tense spot between DEA agents and the crime boss Alamo (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje).—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
1 June 2026
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Space Launch Delta 45 stated that anomaly would not affect other launches, and the SpaceX launch was the first of two planned on the day from Canaveral with a ULA Atlas V launch slated for later on the day.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 June 2026
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Blue Origin has not publicly discussed the cause of the New Glenn failure, but speculation has focused on a possible anomaly in one of the seven main BE-4 engines.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
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The iconic villain, portrayed by Robert Mitchum in 1962’s Cape Fear and by Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s 1991 version, is back on screen in the new Apple TV adaptation.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2026
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Dead-end conflict is where the hero and the villain, the good guys and the bad guys, essentially never have any opportunity for movement or reconciliation at the end of the story.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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But the rally has become increasingly concentrated in a handful of heavyweight technology names, particularly memory-chip maker SK Hynix and electronics giant Samsung Electronics.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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Hong Kong/Hangzhou — Stephen Curry announced a partnership for his signature brand with Li-Ning on Monday, ending his sneaker free agency in a major win for the Chinese sportswear giant.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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Chatter about Donald, 35, has been rampant since last week, when the Rams made another gigantic offseason move by trading for defensive end Myles Garrett.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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Clearly, that gigantic number signals investors’ confidence in the future growth and profitability of AI.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
8 June 2026
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The grotesques were decorative stone faces around the castle.—
Adam Fox,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
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The script, by Ed Solomon, treats the Sklar siblings as cardboard grotesques—heartless, talentless, united in their loathing of a father who loathes them right back.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Whereas many other treatments in development target the individual mutation underlying someone’s disease, daraxonrasib shuts down the whole family of proteins.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
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Ernst was a renowned molecular biologist who studied DNA mutations, the link between chemicals and cancer, and the root of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
2 June 2026
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Historically speaking, the Allied Supreme Commander wasn’t considered an angry brute so much as a steady diplomat who was capable of sudden, persuasive rage.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
26 May 2026
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Even the consumer-level codes that encrypt your online banking are so hard to break that every computer on the planet working together would need longer than the age of the universe to brute-force them apart.—
David M. Ewalt,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
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“Monster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monster. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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