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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
Daniel Bernhardt is Deathstalker, a legendary swordsman stuck with a cursed amulet who befriends swamp monsters and teams with a mini wizard (voiced by Patton Oswalt) to stop a dark magic from ruling the land.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Both were monsters on the boards and couldn’t be stopped at times inside.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2026
Scared of monsters under the bed, scared to go to school, scared of everything — that was sweet, gentle Juliet.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
The nonlinear experience will feature show moments with each of the four monsters and a finale with a different ending every night.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
Explore this gallery of ghastly classic movie monsters.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
In vivid, dramatic language more befitting of a pulp novel accompanied by fanciful illustrations, the story said that reports of monsters first started surfacing in Canada, only to be met with mocking dismissal in Chicago.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Far more terrifying than the monsters pursuing her, however, are the dark truths in her heart that could spell the end of any future with Kaushika.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
The level of stress the game conjures rivals that of the new Resident Evil installment, in which a young woman armed with only her wits and a pistol faces down ravenous monsters.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Both were monsters on the boards and couldn’t be stopped at times inside.
—Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2026
Scared of monsters under the bed, scared to go to school, scared of everything — that was sweet, gentle Juliet.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
The nonlinear experience will feature show moments with each of the four monsters and a finale with a different ending every night.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
Explore this gallery of ghastly classic movie monsters.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
In vivid, dramatic language more befitting of a pulp novel accompanied by fanciful illustrations, the story said that reports of monsters first started surfacing in Canada, only to be met with mocking dismissal in Chicago.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Far more terrifying than the monsters pursuing her, however, are the dark truths in her heart that could spell the end of any future with Kaushika.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
The level of stress the game conjures rivals that of the new Resident Evil installment, in which a young woman armed with only her wits and a pistol faces down ravenous monsters.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monsters
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The next chapter played well for the crowd at The Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace Hotel and Casino — introducing a new cast with some familiar chills and demons.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
14 Apr. 2026
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But at this event, there was no Bobby, and there was no talk of lifelong demons.—
Jill Smolowe,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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Kawamura and the production designer Ryo Sugimoto have tweaked and expanded upon the game’s spare visual elements, updating, among other objects, the wall posters where several of the trickiest anomalies lie.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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People demand consistent application of laws that are riddled with subjective anomalies, then bemoan a lack of common sense whenever an official dares to interpret a rule too literally.—
Graham Scott,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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The plot centers on the world-famous Running Men, who suddenly transform into dangerous villains attacking Tree City.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
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That’s because Steps centers on Cinderella’s stepsisters, Lilith and Margot, reimagining them as far more than one-dimensional villains.—
Ryan Brennan
April 9,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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While these tech giants incorporate their AI chips as part of their respective cloud computing platforms so customers can access them, Meta's MTIA chips are used entirely for internal purposes.—
Katie Tarasov,Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2026
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Increasingly, tech giants are paying to construct massive plants to provide energy directly to their data centers without connecting to the grid.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
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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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Protein language models, which are AI systems trained on millions of natural protein sequences, can quickly predict how mutations will change a protein’s behavior or design new proteins.—
Stephen D. Turner,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2026
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The team used an Alzheimer’s mouse model that includes human familial mutations and develops early signs of the condition.—
Brianna Abbott,
STAT,
7 Apr. 2026
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That’s happened in several Mid Atlantic rivers, but in the absence of larger brutes like blues and flathead, channels will thrive and can break the 15-pound mark.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
9 Apr. 2026
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In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-skinned developing world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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Humans, not whales, at fault, others say Not everyone believes the case has been solved.—
Michael H Gavshon,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The attraction will continue to have real arctic animals such as walruses and beluga whales on exhibit as part of its exit.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Monsters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monsters. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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