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adjective

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Recent Examples of monster
Noun
One scene that was tough was the Scary Patty sequence, where Patty turns into a monster. Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025 Eriksson Ek had a monster game in the circle, winning 21 of 31. Michael Russo, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
Most monster planets are forged in catastrophe When Dong and her colleagues simulated what would happen if planets started out unusually large and kept growing into super-Jupiters. Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025 Cooper Koch found monster success thanks to his latest project. Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for monster
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monster
Noun
  • Between cases, Harvey confronted his demons and by the series’ 2019 finale was a married man headed to Seattle to reunite with his sidekick to do some legal good for the little guys.
    Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Based on a book inspired by Chinese mythology, Ne Zha 2 tells the story of Ne Zha, a demon child raised by humans who is hunting for a magical potion to reanimate his friend, the dragon prince Ao Bing, whose body has been destroyed by a lightning strike.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • By implementing Integrity Management protocols, companies can better detect anomalies, reduce vulnerabilities, and enhance overall security resilience.
    William Jones, USA Today, 1 May 2025
  • The tremors can be so muffled and distant that people continually adapt, explaining away the anomalies.
    Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • With its ability to grow through asphalt and structural material, survive up to 20 years in total darkness and uproot the foundation of homes, Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) could be the villain in a horror movie.
    Martha Proctor, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
  • The Grizzlies were a gritty team by nature, and Brooks was indeed a villain.
    Kelly Iko, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • The result was free publicity for Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharmaceutical giant behind Ozempic and Wegovy.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
  • With each match, including a 1-0 victory over the Brazilian giant, residents still reeling from a financial crisis were lifted out of their funk, carried along on a country-consuming wave of hope as the men’s national team sought to qualify for the World Cup for the first time.
    Lewis Gordon, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But seeing the slow nature of gigantic bureaucratic machines such as these, this is not enough to move beyond policy to practice.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The Bucks predictably got a massive game from Giannis Antetokounmpo, who scored 36 points to go with 12 rebounds, but the absence of their point guard, Lillard, was a gigantic blow.
    Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Winifred, the protagonist of this Victorian-era grotesque, takes a position as a governess at an English manor.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
  • His early short films, such as Six Men Getting Sick (1967) and The Grandmother (1970), showcased his talent for blending the grotesque with the beautiful, setting the stage for his groundbreaking debut feature, Eraserhead (1977).
    Darryn King, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Some of the beasts may have developed frightening mutations.
    Jack Smart, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • In 2007 Hazen collaborated with Szostak to write a computer simulation (opens a new tab) involving algorithms that evolve via mutations.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • By the end of the episode, the audience is eager to meet the antihero, the brute, that everyone is talking about.
    Maelle Beauget-Uhl, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Slinging a sports coat over his pajamas, Long pulls up to a curb and finds Tay (Dustin Nguyen), the Vietnamese speaker, plus two silent brutes, Eddie (Phi Vu) and Aden (Dali Benssalah), who muscle into his car and take over everything: the seating arrangements, the air freshener and their driver.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2025

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“Monster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monster. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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