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as in demons
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 anomalies
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 villains
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 giants
something large of its kind
a monster of a sandwich that could easily feed two hearty eaters
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Recent Examples of monsters
And the blocks are divided into themes of monsters, humanity and imagination.
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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Four years later, when Pop Mart began selling Labubus on key rings, the toothy monsters began to be seen everywhere — and the phenomenon really has taken off lately.
—Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Because most of the monsters are so new, Hawley uses our relative lack of knowledge to ratchet up the suspense.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
This time it was set in a fantasy world where the player controls an elf whose race is fighting off hordes of otherworldly monsters.
—Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The government shouldn't prohibit you from publishing the names of these mass murdering monsters; your conscience should.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
What's more, monsters like Alex Jones, the vile conspiracy theorist, claimed the shooting never happened and that the families of the victims were actors.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
While the original had a very distinctive visual style that reality can't replicate, the CGI space monsters are fun, and the acting is solid.
—PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
Players will also have chance to gather more Fulgur Anjanath with special tickets that include unlimited paintballs, larger monsters reappearing after 30 minutes, an increase access range and a limited-time quest.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2025
Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Four years later, when Pop Mart began selling Labubus on key rings, the toothy monsters began to be seen everywhere — and the phenomenon really has taken off lately.
—Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Because most of the monsters are so new, Hawley uses our relative lack of knowledge to ratchet up the suspense.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
This time it was set in a fantasy world where the player controls an elf whose race is fighting off hordes of otherworldly monsters.
—Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The government shouldn't prohibit you from publishing the names of these mass murdering monsters; your conscience should.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
What's more, monsters like Alex Jones, the vile conspiracy theorist, claimed the shooting never happened and that the families of the victims were actors.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
While the original had a very distinctive visual style that reality can't replicate, the CGI space monsters are fun, and the acting is solid.
—PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
Players will also have chance to gather more Fulgur Anjanath with special tickets that include unlimited paintballs, larger monsters reappearing after 30 minutes, an increase access range and a limited-time quest.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monsters
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But behind this battle royale lies a deadly conspiracy that forces them to face off against each other and the demons of their past.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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Having been beaten by Iga Świątek in a historically dominant fashion in the Wimbledon final, Anisimova banished some of those demons by beating the Polish star in the quarterfinals to advance to the final four.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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The government was forced to acknowledge the anomalies officially, despite the lack of logical explanations regarding the sightings.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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What's mucking up the process is a telepathic outlier named The Mule (Pilou Asbæk), whose ravenous appetite for galactic dominance has created anomalies in Seldon's branching prognostications of how this whole ordeal will unfold.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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There are villains in every episode and the story uses them to showcase some societal issues.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Eugene Domingo stars as Mauricia, a disrespected restaurant worker who, while watching soap operas one night, gets sucked through her TV screen into a training academy for villains.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
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Bhutia is part of India's digital growth story that is creating entrepreneurs, drawing investments, and attracting global tech giants, fueled in large part by a gigantic talent pool and tech userbase.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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This pattern often is attributed to the Sky’s lack of spending in comparison with league giants such as the New York Liberty and Las Vegas Aces.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Shrek and Fiona are now both full-time ogres, but Fiona’s parents (John Cleese and Julie Andrews) aren’t too thrilled, as a particularly tense family dinner scene makes clear.—
Skyler Trepel September 1,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Parekh’s treatment from n-Lorem was the first ever to target CHCHD10 mutations in someone with ALS.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
28 Aug. 2025
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Most cases were mild, transmission has not spread beyond animal exposures (except for a worrying 3 cases where exposure could not be identified), and mutations remain sporadic.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Some are slow and heavy brutes that have tons of health while others are slightly but deal more damage.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
18 Aug. 2025
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With a mission to rebuild abundant and biodiverse oceans, Oceana fights to stop overfishing, habitat destruction, oil and plastic pollution, as well as the killing of threatened species like turtles, whales, and sharks, among other causes.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
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Witnessing a breaching humpback or Blue and Fin whales is a highlight of any UnCruise adventure.—
UnCruise Adventures,
AFAR Media,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Monsters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monsters. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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