monumentally

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Recent Examples of monumentally Leading a government delivering services for 70 million people will be a monumentally larger task with problems on a larger scale and facing issues foreign to a leader of a region with 3 million residents. — ABC News, 19 July 2026 Between there, and running upstairs to supervise fittings of his monumentally sculptural work with his stylist Tallulah Harlech, the designer caught a rare moment to sit and talk. — Sarah Mower, Vogue, 3 July 2026 The pharmaceutical giants behind the monumentally successful weight loss drugs Wegovy and Mounjaro have been teasing an expansion into other aesthetic fields like hair loss or skin care. — Allison Deangelis, STAT, 24 June 2026 By populating the green with so many conflicting personalities, director and cowriter Harold Ramis makes golf seem both monumentally silly and, despite its staid trappings, unexpectedly freewheeling. — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026 The closure of the Parkway East will be monumentally disruptive to the extent that PennDOT is suggesting that planning a vacation might be a good idea. — John Shumway, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026 Yes, there were two monumentally disappointing campaigns in that span, both unspooled by drama. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026 The state funeral was to be held the next day, and while everyone else would write about the ceremonies, the dignitaries attending, and the circumstances that led to the monumentally somber occasion, Breslin decided to tell a different story. — Harrison Monarth, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026 The deluge of Canucks content on Wednesday ran the gamut from meaningful to concerning to monumentally preposterous. — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monumentally
Adverb
  • This requires that software developers understand how to prompt AI with relevant and highly honed questions, validate outputs, understand the limitations of AI models and maintain accountability for the final product.
    — Alberto Lugo, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Programming will be highly curated and editorially led, organizers added, spanning headline conversations, unexpected pairings, global trends and data, cultural insight and case studies from across the international entertainment business.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • But the online exposure of Haat helped greatly, Masarweh told CNN, as did the convenience of different payment options.
    — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
  • His legacy will forever be part of the Giants, and he will be greatly missed.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • The machine does not need to have its own consciousness and desires to be utterly deadly.
    — Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The show’s composer, Stephen Schwartz, and director, Howard Sponseller, seemed utterly taken with this tall, skinny girl, whose name was Gilda Radner.
    — Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • As tales of touring and recording with Diddy in other episodes fail to lead to a query about what the Bad Boy founder has been up to since 2024, the doc feels time-stamped and a few considerably eventful years old for the people who come up.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The machine has been given a distinctly Terminator-style appearance for the event, including a menacing head that makes the scene look considerably more cinematic than a conventional robotics demonstration.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • But supplies of Gulf energy to the West are now looking much more precarious.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Defense answers the call early During the week, TCU head coach Sonny Dykes praised the overall play of his defense, but wanted to see the unit start much faster after lackluster starts against Grambling State and North Carolina.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Sep. 2026

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“Monumentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monumentally. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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