How to Use monolithic in a Sentence

monolithic

adjective
  • Just look for the monolithic concrete golf ball off U.S. 281.
    Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The conquest of Mexico is often portrayed as a monolithic event.
    Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, 5 Sep. 2019
  • But Chinese food isn’t monolithic, even in the diaspora.
    Jason Rezaian, Washington Post, 17 July 2024
  • That’s no easy task, given the monolithic surroundings and the complexity of the design teams.
    John King, SFChronicle.com, 21 Oct. 2019
  • But fashion has since become far less monolithic, in large part because Instagram makes everything so visible.
    Marc Bain, Quartz, 12 Oct. 2019
  • But fashion companies are forging new paths, unable to turn back to the monolithic models that once characterized their sourcing strategies.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The Bibliothèque Nationale de France is a complex of monolithic glass towers that line the Seine near the eastern edge of the city.
    James McAuley, Town & Country, 6 Aug. 2019
  • There have been groups who have advocated moving the monolithic structure to higher ground so it can be studied by researchers, but some warn that moving it could cause it to decay faster, the news outlet added.
    Fox News, 24 Sep. 2019
  • The numbers are also a reminder that neither party is monolithic in its population, and neither party can be too neatly summed up using demographic shorthand.
    Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 17 July 2024
  • Islamism, like any other political ideology, is not monolithic, and even among supporters of a party such as Ennahdha there are a spectrum of views.
    Rania Abouzeid, National Geographic, 15 Oct. 2019
  • The 5-acre parcel is relatively isolated and has suitable topography for the construction of a monolithic concrete slab.
    Denise Coffey, courant.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Zoom out: Latino voters overall have historically been more aligned with Democrats — though the population has never been monolithic.
    Stef W. Kight, Axios, 25 July 2024
  • One of my goals was to show that Black women are not monolithic.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2023
  • And the darkness is no longer monolithic, but swirls with shades of black and a parade of textures.
    Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Pew is careful to note that these two groups are not monolithic.
    Chris Cillizza, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021
  • The film helped cement the image of the Black Church as something that was small and southern, and in many ways monolithic.
    Erica Armstrong Dunbar, The New York Review of Books, 13 Apr. 2021
  • The park is bounded by two monolithic forces that made the slave trade in the United States possible.
    Kyle Gassiott, NPR, 22 Apr. 2024
  • The monolithic sandstone formations line the foothills on the west side of Boulder.
    Lauren Beale, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The abode is positioned on a cul-de-sac and tucked behind a gate, kind of like a modern, monolithic fortress.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Whether that means Series S will have the same monolithic shape as Series X remains to be seen.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2020
  • It cannot be defined by a blanket term or monolithic idea.
    Brenda Barrientos, refinery29.com, 8 Oct. 2020
  • While the roots of these Jewish cookbooks may come from the same tree, the category is not monolithic.
    Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appétit, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Vaccine resisters have been around a long time, and are hardly a monolithic group.
    Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The same classic black-and-white striped swimsuit that launched the original doll — and a monolithic Margot Robbie in the movie.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
  • One of the great merits of Johnson’s book is his insistence that the Chinese are not monolithic.
    Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The large kitchen features monolithic-style islands, counters and a bar.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2022
  • There was criticism in New York that the play’s vision of gay culture was monolithic.
    Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The team owners who are down with this – and no, NFL owners are not a monolithic group – should really take stock of the messages in their end zones.
    Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2020
  • But in the cloud, the monolithic network perimeter is no longer relevant.
    John Grange, Forbes, 20 May 2021
  • Winder spotlights how the vast influence of these women on the Stones has largely been hidden in the shadow of the band’s monolithic mythos.
    Jessica Hopper, Washington Post, 13 July 2023

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