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Recent Examples of pharaonic The project, architectural historian Lucia Allais writes, parallels the pharaonic construction of the Aswan High Dam itself, where some 25,000 workers—including 800 Soviet engineers—labored for a decade to dam the mighty river. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025 Attractions like the new museum, as well as growing interest in Egypt’s deserts and historical sites beyond the pharaonic ones, were likely to keep boosting the flow, Mr. Samir and other tour guides said. Rania Khaled, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024 Jérôme Galland Tourists looking to pair the pharaonic sites of Upper Egypt with a sail down the Nile will be spoiled for choice this year, thanks to a host of new riverboats that promise to raise the bar for five-star experiences along the iconic Luxor-Aswan circuit. Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Nov. 2024 The six-story Grand Staircase with a view of the pyramids and an atrium containing monuments, pharaonic statues and sarcophagi opened in November. Keir Simmons, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pharaonic
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Adjective
  • In the United States, childhood vaccine coverage has been declining, and the vast majority of measles cases this year – more than 90% – have been in people who were unvaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
  • First, keep in mind that AGI and ASI will have been data trained by the vast stores of human writing.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
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  • There will be immediate deduction of research and development, which sounds like a snoozer but historically has brought about a gigantic geyser of money toward the creation of new products, which need lots of equipment to test and build.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 July 2025
  • The main event seems like a formality with Hangman Adam Page a gigantic favorite to win.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
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  • After Assad fell, Israel swiftly launched an enormous countrywide air campaign targeting the remnants of his military stockpiles.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • Among the projects will be the construction of data centers to help provide the enormous amounts of energy needed to power AI.
    Jessica Riley, CBS News, 15 July 2025
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  • One of his daughters remembers earning dessert by hopping a giant lap of the backyard on her left foot.
    Henry Abbott, The Atlantic, 12 July 2025
  • More of the giant spiders could come up to the Northeast this year, Davis said.
    Rick Sobey, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
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  • It’s believed that the 26-year-old will earn a yearly salary of around $23m, a colossal figure considering his wages in Bergamo amounted to $3.1m per-season.
    Emmet Gates, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • Swansea, who finished a colossal 86 places above Wrexham as recently as 2019-20, will be their divisional peers next time around — the first time the clubs have been in the same division since 2003.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 July 2025
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  • Justin Campell and Eddie Fallin from Lauren Concrete in Georgetown helped pull huge RVs thrown in the neighboring creek with a large yellow loader, and will be there as long as their company can spare them.
    Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 14 July 2025
  • Even a small flock of hens can bring a huge amount of enjoyment (and fresh eggs) to your homestead life.
    Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • After China fired ballistic missiles at American bases in Japan, the fighting exploded, with the U.S. launching massive strikes against the mainland and Japanese jets attacking Chinese ships.
    Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
  • Until now, the most massive back hole merger was GW190521, detected in 2020.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2025
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  • Atlanta trailed 3-0 Sunday before Matt Olson’s 442-foot sixth-inning homer, and Ronald Acuña Jr. added a mammoth 456-foot homer in the ninth.
    David O'Brien, New York Times, 21 July 2025
  • The famously independent-minded and opinionated showrunner left Los Angeles years ago and now resides at his mammoth 270,000-acre Texas ranch.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2025

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“Pharaonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharaonic. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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