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Recent Examples of monumental In an Instagram reel posted on her page (also shared by YouTube page My Husband is My Best Friend), the Basketball Wives LA star is sipping wine and engaging in tourist behavior like exploring monumental cathedrals with the Sacramento Kings coach before summer 2025 bows out. Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 2 Sep. 2025 LaFleur understands what a monumental moment this is for the Packers, as does everyone who follows football. James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025 Those of us lucky enough to have seen him at his peak remember how exhilarating — and what a monumental sensory overload — those shows were. Jem Aswad, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025 There were a lot of differences, and there were some pretty monumental things that changed. Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for monumental
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monumental
Adjective
  • Porsche calls it an e-turbo, and the whole magnificent setup a T-hybrid.
    Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • On a quest to break the spell, Sophie climbs aboard Howl’s magnificent moving castle and into a new life of wonder and adventure.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Congress had enacted byzantine eligibility requirements for disability and Supplemental Security Income benefits, forcing the agency to expend huge amounts of time and money running those programs.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, there remains a huge barrier to entry for the San Jose Sharks sophomore.
    Chris Johnston, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The closest major airport is Toronto Pearson International, with direct flights from New York, Chicago, Boston, and beyond.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But the Ravens are gaining on them after blowing a 15-point lead to the Bills in the fourth quarter of the teams’ epic opener Sunday night.
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Alcaraz and Sinner trilogy in major finals began with an epic French Open final that came in at a whopping five hours and 29 minutes.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In Let’s Play Ball, two rival teams of comedians go head-to-head in a race to transport a gigantic ball across various terrains.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Large downward revisions to monthly jobs data in recent weeks put a gigantic spotlight on an incredibly typical procedure for economic data.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Once a 19th-century military outpost, Fort Robinson now combines historic sites with miles of hiking and horseback trails.
    Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The historic new daytime drama Beyond the Gates has officially set its second crossover with one of its CBS sister series, and its first from The Bold and the Beautiful.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The combination of Kraft and Heinz, wed with glorious self-praise in 2015, will be legally rent asunder.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This even includes Queen Bey’s glorious hair.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But with each passing summer of enormous transfer spending, the chances of turning the boat around fade ever further.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • There has been an enormous amount of press coverage of the battle over gerrymandering in the last month.
    Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Monumental.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monumental. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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