1
as in high
extending to a great distance upward
tall skyscrapers that cast long shadows over the park
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as in difficult
requiring considerable physical or mental effort
that's a pretty tall order
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Recent Examples of tall
Jimmy Gracey stands at 6 feet, 1 inch tall and weighs around 175 pounds, according to a missing person flyer.
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Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
Another option to fill in your garden with greenery is the soft Summer Sunrise Panicum, a tall grass that changes color through the seasons from green to pink to gold to tan.
—Mary Grace Granados
special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
Gaels Public House & Sports will be serving draft beers ($3), Fireball shots ($3), tall boy + whiskey ($7), as well as regular menu food items like nachos, pub poutine, shepherd’s pie, cottage pie, handhelds and pizza.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee
march 16, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
The Georgia Guidestones were a monument of six solid granite slabs erected in 1980, standing about 20 feet tall and weighing more than 200,000 pounds.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Mar. 2026
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Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
Another option to fill in your garden with greenery is the soft Summer Sunrise Panicum, a tall grass that changes color through the seasons from green to pink to gold to tan.
—Mary Grace Granados
special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 18 Mar. 2026
Gaels Public House & Sports will be serving draft beers ($3), Fireball shots ($3), tall boy + whiskey ($7), as well as regular menu food items like nachos, pub poutine, shepherd’s pie, cottage pie, handhelds and pizza.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee
march 16, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
The Georgia Guidestones were a monument of six solid granite slabs erected in 1980, standing about 20 feet tall and weighing more than 200,000 pounds.
—Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tall
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Sunday is expected to be consistently hot, , with day temperatures reaching as high as 95 degrees, according to the weather service’s forecast.—
Suryatapa Chakraborty,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Instead, temperatures have been so warm that precipitation has fallen as rain, rather than snow, even at higher elevations.—
Mira Rojanasakul,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Kansas played the Blue Devils close and made life difficult for Duke freshman Cameron Boozer, largely thanks to Flory Bidunga’s defense.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
16 Mar. 2026
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Parents in attendance shared appreciation for seeing teens connect with older adults, especially during a stage of life when meaningful conversation at home can sometimes feel more difficult.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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Yet Pride Cleaners, both the angled, parabolic building and the towering, colorful pylon sign out front, captured more than customers.—
Elizabeth Blasius,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
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The park is home to the tallest lighthouse on the West Coast, a towering 115-foot-tall white brick structure built in 1871 that has been beloved by millions of visitors for generations, and offer an opportunity to expand public oceanfront hiking trails.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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In his 12 seasons, the Mustangs have played a challenging independent schedule featuring many Class 3A and 4A programs.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2026
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This challenging late-season stretch comes with the Heat trying to avoid the play-in tournament for the first time in four years.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2026
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Middle linebacker is one of the toughest positions to play in today’s game, but Smith has the mental makeup to run the front of this defense.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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The Senate map will likely get tougher for Democrats in future elections.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Ubers are typically available in-season, but may be harder to get during odd hours or bad weather.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Mar. 2026
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The team is also developing a next-generation robotic hand to address swelling in harder-to-treat areas, expanding the potential of soft-robotic therapy beyond wearable sleeves.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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Golden Horse Best Actors Wu Kang Ren and Tse Kwan Ho play the formidable Poon patriarch and son.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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Last year’s Terrapins made a Sweet 16 run and lost to formidable South Carolina by just four points.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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These included funding more rigorous trials for therapies and improving communication devices.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2026
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For the next several hours—the film, though extraordinarily rigorous, is not bound by the strictures of real time—Kornev’s persistence will be met with deflections, delays, and excuses.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Tall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tall. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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