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pharaonic

adjective

ˌfer-ā-ˈä-nik How to pronounce pharaonic (audio)
Definition of pharaonicnext
as in vast
unusually large the building of the Hoover Dam was a construction project of pharaonic proportions

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Recent Examples of pharaonic At the museum’s center sits the six-story Grand Staircase with a view of the pyramids and an atrium containing monuments, pharaonic statues and sarcophagi. — Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025 Against all odds, von Spreckelsen had emerged as the unlikely winner of the competition, propelled from obscurity in Denmark to the helm of a pharaonic project in Paris. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025 Harnessing the Nile flood and keeping the harvests rolling in was as important to controlling the river corridor as defence against usurpers or an ability to exude pharaonic authority. — Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025 Prior to an official opening, the massive project opened 12 halls of Pharaonic artifacts. — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for pharaonic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pharaonic
  1. vast
  2. gigantic
  3. giant
  4. enormous
  5. colossal
  6. huge
  7. massive
  8. mammoth
Adjective
  • This is especially stark in robotics, where the problem space is vast and failures play out in the physical world, but the lesson applies to any system that operates at scale.
    — Shivansh Inamdar, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Much of this year's equity rally – as well as recent volatility – has been driven by investor enthusiasm around AI development, which has been reliant on vast amounts of capital, as well as optimism around earnings momentum.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of vast
Adjective
  • Robinson is more like the Carolina McCaffrey though, who was still gigantic.
    — Michael Salfino, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The flavor is overwhelmingly oversized, proving that few things look as luxurious as swimming around in a gigantic khaki coat.
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of gigantic
Adjective
  • Invisible House, a new work by Zosha Di Castri, has the orchestra reveling in bright and jangly sounds like a giant Ukrainian folk band.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The filmmaker contrasts her bucolic nature scenes with shots of the giant ships passing by and the interiors and exteriors of the factories located near the island, belching smoke and lit up at night like a forbidding theme park.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of giant
Adjective
  • Write, make something, tell the story differently, or simply notice what now seems funny that once felt enormous.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • In 1996, Hamad founded Al Jazeera, a news network that gave the emirate enormous cultural influence throughout the region.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of enormous
Adjective
  • Most imposing of all is Luca Guadagnino’s Joie de Vivre, a documentary about Bernardo Bertolucci that clocks in at a colossal seven hours long.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
  • In the colossal yet claustrophobic world that Khrzhanovsky has created (or recreated), Russians are stuck between a rock and a hard place, between the hammer and the sickle.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of colossal
Adjective
  • The cast’s Blackness is a huge part of this — signifying is in their blood — but the impact spread across the whole franchise.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
  • That was a play with huge ramifications that, to some extent, still sticks with Williams.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of huge
Adjective
  • Meta is deploying massive capital into AI infrastructure while establishing the Meta Superintelligence Labs.
    — , CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The award-winning nonfiction feature Kikuyu Land documents a case of cultural erasure and land theft on a massive scale.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of massive
Adjective
  • That's the consensus view of music business players who talked to The Associated Press about how mammoth tours like Sheeran's generally work.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • His first hit Sunday in Miami was a mammoth upper-deck shot to right field on the kind of awe-inspiring swing that has come much more easily for De Paula than in years past.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of mammoth

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“Pharaonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pharaonic. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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