as in vast
unusually large
the seemingly mountainous obstacles he had to overcome while growing up
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Recent Examples of mountainous
Nearly 16 inches of rain could fall through the end of the week in some portions of Guerrero’s mountainous terrain, according to the NHC.
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Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 19 June 2025
The rugged, mountainous area is roughly 15 miles southwest of the city of Leavenworth, a Bavarian-style village popular among tourists and hikers.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 13 June 2025
The alpine chough, a member of the crow family, lives in mountainous regions across Europe, North Africa and Asia.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
Native to northern Vietnam, especially in humid, mountainous forests and limestone karst landscapes, the barking frog often hides in tree holes or rocky crevices near water.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
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Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 19 June 2025
The rugged, mountainous area is roughly 15 miles southwest of the city of Leavenworth, a Bavarian-style village popular among tourists and hikers.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 13 June 2025
The alpine chough, a member of the crow family, lives in mountainous regions across Europe, North Africa and Asia.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
Native to northern Vietnam, especially in humid, mountainous forests and limestone karst landscapes, the barking frog often hides in tree holes or rocky crevices near water.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountainous
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The vast majority of fans in attendance were sporting orange and black.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
5 July 2025
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And the company behind the bet was Google, which had acquired legacy phone maker Motorola Mobility and was leveraging its modern tech prowess and vast resources to make the Moto X smartphone a success.—
Verne Kopytoff,
Fortune,
5 July 2025
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But this scraping has sparked a huge backlash from publishers, artists and writers, who complain that it has been done without any consent or compensation.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
1 July 2025
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These benefits from huge Green Pine-series radars for early warning and to help cue fire control sensors towards incoming threats.—
Sebastien Roblin,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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On June 30, Netflix premiered its documentary Shark Whisperer, which follows Ocean Ramsey in her unique (and controversial — and viral) approach to marine conservation: swimming freely with gigantic sharks for hours on end.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
4 July 2025
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Israel doesn’t have any heavy bombers, stealthy or otherwise, capable of carrying such gigantic bombs.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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And for what? To cover only a fraction of the enormous cost of the bill, which will add more than $3 trillion to the federal debt by 2034.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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With that enormous amount of moisture serving as fuel, the winds hitting the escarpment in West Texas served as a kind of match that started the storms.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
6 July 2025
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The French American artist, who died in 2010, is best known for her giant sculptures of spiders, including a 20-foot-high bronze creation that sold for $32.8 million in 2023, setting a record-high price for a work by a female artist.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
30 June 2025
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Once upon a time, the movie tells us, people flocked to see these giant creatures resurrected from old DNA.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
30 June 2025
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Washington — Republicans plan to slash Medicaid funding to help offset the tax cuts and new spending included in President Trump's massive domestic policy bill.—
July 1,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
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Villagran Trump warns Republicans against cutting too deep As bleary senators worked through the massive GOP bill, Trump warned Republicans against going overboard on unpopular cuts.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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With the tremendous uncertainty in the economy, CEOs need to establish budgetary exit ramps that would be fast and easy to implement.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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While there has been a tremendous amount of misinformation—and in some cases, outright lies—about my bill, many people brought forward sincere concerns.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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While their native range spans from northern Australia to the Tamil Nadu coast, the Sundarbans play host to a particularly large population, providing plenty of opportunities to spot these colossal reptiles in the flesh.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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That colossal production, which involved the construction of villages in which to film and the onscreen involvement of the host country’s armed forces, began as a lark and turned into an albatross.—
Jillian Steinhauer,
New Yorker,
27 June 2025
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“Mountainous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountainous. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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