as in highly
to a large extent or degree
your parents will be monumentally disappointed if you don't go to college
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Long story short, the scientists at Oak Ridge tasked with refining the uranium needed for the bomb were having problems with the highly corrosive uranium hexafluoride used to separate the uranium isotopes.—
David Szondy
August 02,
New Atlas,
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Then scroll down to see some more walking shoes that are highly rated for comfort and similarly priced.—
Clint Davis,
People.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Raymond is the real deal and the Red Wings are about to benefit greatly from it.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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Your thoroughness and compassion is greatly appreciated.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 July 2025
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Van Wessel captures how something can be at once utterly horrible, an emotional devastation for which no one is prepared, and also grimly routine.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
2 Aug. 2025
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After more than two years of civil war, the scale of obliteration was utterly tragic.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
30 July 2025
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And consistent with these perceptions, real median household income grew much faster during Trump’s first term than during the Biden era.—
Wayne Winegarden,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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In response, Wilder continued to tinker with the opening, developing the grimmer, much more moody and ominous sequence in which Holden’s narration plays over Gillis’ lifeless corpse floating face down in Desmond’s pool.—
Scott Huver,
People.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Monumentally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monumentally. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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