as in huge
unusually large
that's a tremendous amount of work for one person
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Recent Examples of tremendous
The Buzz: Seminole County player of the year had 12 goals and 23 ground balls and played tremendous defense.
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Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025
Her willowy frame takes a tremendous battering as brutes slam her into tables and through walls.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Pale Blue and Red is considered of tremendous significance within the history of British modern art.
—News Desk, Artforum, 5 June 2025
After the deal closed, at the end of June 2015, Gannett didn’t wait very long before executing its first major accretive acquisition to create tremendous synergies.
—Megan Greenwell, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
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Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2025
Her willowy frame takes a tremendous battering as brutes slam her into tables and through walls.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Pale Blue and Red is considered of tremendous significance within the history of British modern art.
—News Desk, Artforum, 5 June 2025
After the deal closed, at the end of June 2015, Gannett didn’t wait very long before executing its first major accretive acquisition to create tremendous synergies.
—Megan Greenwell, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tremendous
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One of the huge stands of the Monumental was bankrolled by the transformational transfer fee Juventus paid for forward Omar Sivori in 1957.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
8 June 2025
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Merz recently vowed to make Germany’s army the strongest in Europe, but in order to meet that pledge, he will be required to spend huge sums of money to modernize, train and equip soldiers.—
Sebastian Shukla,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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Beyond these rooms is a meditation space/guest room with an enormous Buddha.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2025
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But, Tether has also had an enormous increase in popularity, with the number of outstanding Tether coins rising from $2 billion in 2019 to $153 billion today.—
Nathan Lewis,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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By running as an NPA, Pizzo hopes to appeal to a vast electorate alienated by both major parties.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 May 2025
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The lander would also need to run on non-rechargeable batteries, because the vast distance to the Sun would make solar panels prohibitively massive.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 May 2025
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In numerous ways, the loss of Fernandes would be a gigantic blow for United.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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This gigantic bet-and-get offer is exclusively available to new DraftKings customers who use the code and register today.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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The 1984 Games were also privately funded and hailed as a massive success for their $225 million surplus that was invested in youth sports.—
Thuc Nhi Nguyen,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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Food vendors sizzled meats at vendor stalls and kept juices in massive, unlabeled canisters under the gritty subway underpass – devoid of any labels or apparent sanitation or health and safety standards.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2025
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The Tarrytown Lighthouse suffered immense damage on May 31, which could cost over $100,000, according to Westchester County.—
Michael P. McKinney,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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An experience often accompanied by immense highs and devastating lows.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
6 June 2025
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This places it in the upper echelons of a type of planet called super-Earths — giant, probably rocky worlds.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
6 June 2025
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Both days culminate in a giant street party and concert covering a multi-block stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue.—
Ashraf Khalil,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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In early 2025, the company made a breakthrough with the colossal woolly mouse, sharing parts of the woolly mammoth’s DNA and proving the scientists’ ability to recreate complex genetic combinations that took nature millions of years to create.—
Emma Kershaw,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Around one-third of the world’s fish stocks are overfished, including those in Southeast Asia, where China operates a colossal fishing operation.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
5 June 2025
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“Tremendous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tremendous. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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