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Recent Examples of monumental But these monumental rock panels appear to be a specifically local tradition, reflecting how smaller desert populations forged their own culture and dealt with the obstacles that came with living in a harsh, water-scarce location. New Atlas, 30 Sep. 2025 The Platform section, curated by Souls Grown Deep Foundation, featured monumental works by Thornton Dial and quilts from the storied Gee’s Bend collective, placing the South’s creative legacies at the literal center of the fair. Okla Jones, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025 Observations of shape, size, and color helped Carl Linnaeus catalog about 12,000 species in the 18th century—a monumental undertaking, but a laughable fraction of reality. Marion Renault, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2025 Archaeologists in southern Spain have uncovered one of Andalusia’s most monumental and best-preserved prehistoric dolmens, or tombs. Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for monumental
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monumental
Adjective
  • All of them have been magnificent.
    Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Oh, and the triumphant return of Jake's magnificent Toruk beast, too.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • More pertinently, if Iroegbunam or Gueye tired or did not screen passes correctly (shown below), Rogers and Emiliano Buendia had huge spaces to receive and turn, owing to Everton’s deep centre-backs refusing to step out.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Mason had a huge game against the Bengals in Week 3, racking up 116 yards and two touchdowns on two carries.
    Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Hernández’s issues in right field are well-documented, and the Dodgers already had to overcome one major miscue this postseason during Game 2 of the Wild Card Series.
    Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But when the cameras stop rolling, the set turns into an epic dance party.
    Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Liz and Dick fell in love on the set of Cleopatra, the ridiculously expensive and lavish epic love story of the ancient Egyptian queen and the Roman general Mark Antony.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The vortex is a gigantic, circular area of cold air high up in the atmosphere that typically spins over the North Pole (as its name suggests).
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Streaming the first Avatar sequel on Disney+ just doesn’t compare to watching Payakan leap out of the ocean and annihilate the bad guys’ boat (and that one dude’s arm) in glorious 3-D on a gigantic screen.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This has triggered debate among people with historic association to United.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Two months after historic floods swept through the Milwaukee area, new data shows that nearly 2,200 homes throughout Milwaukee County sustained major damage or were destroyed.
    Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Marigolds are one of fall's most glorious (and underrated) flowers.
    Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
  • In the early nineties, the halcyon days of mountain biking, a cadre of American cyclists competed all over the world on these glorious if archaic machines.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Apple Valley Model Railroad Museum has an enormous (22 feet by 100 feet) model railroad built in a picturesque Western North Carolina landscape.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Thanks to Google’s enormous war chest, Waymo has had the luxury to spend 16 years raking in data to create more precise self-driving cars, all with the hope of an eventual payoff.
    Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Monumental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monumental. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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