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Recent Examples of voluminous Demi Moore, for one, walked the red carpet in a sculptural burgundy Prada dress; her voluminous, raven-dark hair gave just as much of a striking silhouette. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2025 Gold hardware and an abundance of pockets decorated Zimmermann’s range of true indigo flares, bell-bottoms and jackets with voluminous sleeves. Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 17 Oct. 2025 The best part of her outfit, though, was her voluminous curled ponytail. Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025 Jackson picked the cold case right back up but had to dispatch colleagues to do the voluminous number of necessary interviews and to pursue any new tips. Jean Casarez, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for voluminous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for voluminous
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  • In March 2025, Vice President Vance even led a high-profile US delegation to the American military base in Greenland to advocate for annexation, despite polling data indicating that a large majority of Greenlanders have expressed no enthusiasm for an American takeover.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
  • But even when Carr smashes a model boat to smithereens after a professional rejection or Allura imagines herself going full Lemonade on Chase’s sidepiece, their actions feel divorced from any larger context.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
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  • Climate scientists have repeatedly warned that a substantial reduction in fossil fuel use will be necessary to curb global heating, with the burning of coal, oil and gas identified as the chief driver of the climate crisis.
    Sam Meredith,Dan Murphy, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Sapp debunked the rumor and mentioned that WWE is paying Knight a substantial amount of money.
    Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
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  • Despite being one of three teams to make the playoffs from the NL Central division, the gap between the Cubs and Brewers is sizable.
    Drew VonScio, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Disney’s 20th Century Studios spent a sizable $105 million to produce the film, not including marketing expenses.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 5 Nov. 2025
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  • The Jays still face a considerable challenge in this Series.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • After considerable time, referee Cal McNeill announced that the ruling on the field — even though there had not been any indication of one — was that the ball indeed hit a Nevada player and was recovered by the Broncos.
    Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 25 Oct. 2025
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  • Members in a youth boys hockey team from Florida collected their hockey sticks from the oversized baggage area.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • In 1997, Stewart was pictured wearing overalls, an oversized barn jacket, and over-the-knee mud boots with her arm wrapped around the neck of a cow.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
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  • For a writer of a book that’s politically informed and deals with culture and history, this creates a big problem.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
  • All eyes were on how the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies would sort out their differences on a range of topics from soybeans and fentanyl to rare earth minerals and high-end computer chips.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
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  • It’s been a huge hit with my guests, and right now, Prime members can add it to their carts for just $40.
    Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Her hair is often a massive tangle of black curls, her nails are expertly polished, her huge brown eyes peer out from spidery lashes, and her skin is cocoa-butter smooth.
    Stephanie Mansfield, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2025
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  • The modern digital world produces vast amounts of data (as much as 402 million TB a day), yet its value remains largely undefined.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Entanglement—the idea that two particles are linked even at a vast distance—helped illustrate the characters’ desperate yearning to recreate the past.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025

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“Voluminous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voluminous. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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