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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
Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 29 May 2026
Let’s just take this literally one inning at a time and take really small bites, rather than looking at this monster.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 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
Side steps, monster walks, and squats are helpful knee exercises.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 29 May 2026
Let’s just take this literally one inning at a time and take really small bites, rather than looking at this monster.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 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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Two of the four Vulcan launches to date have suffered anomalies with solid rocket boosters, and although the missions succeeded in placing their payloads into orbit, the launcher is grounded as ULA and its subcontractors probe the recurring problem.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2026
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Along Lake Austin’s banks, listings like these are not anomalies so much as markers.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
28 May 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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And if the interest expense on our gigantic and ballooning national debt of $39 trillion weren’t already running at nearly $1 trillion a year, bigger than Medicare spending and equaling two-thirds of Social Security outlays, the half-point upward shift would likely prove manageable.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
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Shah’s closest ally (and the person most willing to call Shah on his lies to himself and others) is his cousin Zulfi, a gigantic character who Khan energizes with fast-talking charm, sarcastic asides, and an assessing glare that can cut through anyone’s defenses.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
29 May 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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Stevens has a rare genetic degenerative eye disorder caused by mutations in the CERKL gene.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2026
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About 20 years ago, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center found that people with mutations in their PCSK9 gene tended to have very low levels of LDL, and therefore low rates of heart events.—
Alice Park,
Time,
28 May 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 5 Jun. 2026.
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