as in gigantic
unusually large
a Brobdingnagian billboard stood at the entrance to the theme park
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Recent Examples of Brobdingnagian
In the past year, solar power has experienced Brobdingnagian growth, even by solar standards.
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Umair Irfan, Vox, 20 Sep. 2024
The Brobdingnagian tower would be part of Phase 2, rising to become the centerpiece of the development after completion of the three other buildings.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 8 June 2024
Only a very few of these Brobdingnagian convertibles—featuring a 21-foot length, a 12.7-liter straight-eight engine, and 24-inch wheels—were produced in the 1920s and 1930s.
—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2024
But how can a film begin to convey these Brobdingnagian dimensions?
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
In fact, the ELT started out as an idea called OWL—the OverWhelmingly Large Telescope—that would have been a Brobdingnagian 100 meters wide; after much review a panel of astronomers decided a more modest 39 meters would be sufficient.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 23 Nov. 2023
Two decades ago, the Giant Magellan was one of three efforts hatched by competing groups of astronomers and institutions to create a new generation of Brobdingnagian telescopes unparalleled in the ability to gather starlight and pierce the voids of the night sky.
—Dennis Overbye Marcos Zegers, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
Umair Irfan, Vox, 20 Sep. 2024
The Brobdingnagian tower would be part of Phase 2, rising to become the centerpiece of the development after completion of the three other buildings.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 8 June 2024
Only a very few of these Brobdingnagian convertibles—featuring a 21-foot length, a 12.7-liter straight-eight engine, and 24-inch wheels—were produced in the 1920s and 1930s.
—Brett Berk, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2024
But how can a film begin to convey these Brobdingnagian dimensions?
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2023
In fact, the ELT started out as an idea called OWL—the OverWhelmingly Large Telescope—that would have been a Brobdingnagian 100 meters wide; after much review a panel of astronomers decided a more modest 39 meters would be sufficient.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 23 Nov. 2023
Two decades ago, the Giant Magellan was one of three efforts hatched by competing groups of astronomers and institutions to create a new generation of Brobdingnagian telescopes unparalleled in the ability to gather starlight and pierce the voids of the night sky.
—Dennis Overbye Marcos Zegers, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Brobdingnagian
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Then try Wilmot’s Warehouse, a strangely cheerful take on working in a gigantic storage warehouse.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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Explaining this, the paper proposes that the gigantic impact which formed the roughly 1,600 mile (2,500 kilometers) wide SPA basin around 4.2 billion years ago modified the chemical and physical properties of the moon's mantle in this region.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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Last weekend's enormous storm spun 100 tornadoes so far confirmed by the National Weather Service, which is still conducting surveys.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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The property also comes with an enormous 5,282 square feet of garage space and 2,295 square feet of covered porches and loggias.—
David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Mar. 2025
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The vast majority of cases are in people who are not vaccinated.—
Daniel Pastula,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2025
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Gabb Music offers a vast catalog of songs, all of which are selected by the Gabb team to include only kid- and teen-appropriate content.—
Kevin Rutherford,
Billboard,
19 Mar. 2025
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That’s realistically the only addition that would make a huge splash at the position.—
Manny Navarro,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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There has been tremendous Democratic energy and anger in recent weeks, with progressives disrupting Republican lawmakers’ town hall meetings and holding huge rallies.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2025
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The detection of Neptune's auroras will help astronomers better understand how particles from the sun interact with its atmosphere, providing a new area of study about ice giant planets.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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In it, the man explained how his fiancée had eaten the giant cupcake that his daughter was planning to give to her friend as a birthday surprise, due to her pregnancy cravings.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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Yet, with any colossal success, there can always be backlash, with some criticizing the higher alcohol levels.—
Cathrine Todd,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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George Foreman, whose colossal career in the ring saw the legendary boxer take home two heavyweight championships, has died at the age of 76.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2025
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Frank is a business leader, with a tremendous track record of transforming large corporations.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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In fact, Holloway was regarded as a tremendous athlete on his draft day, and the worry surrounded his ability to score in the NHL.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Instead, the massive curved claws — close to 1 foot (30 centimeters) in size — belonged to a creature unearthed in what’s now Mongolia.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2025
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Hood takes Littlejohn’s massive hand and the floodgates open, the big man crying fat tears that roll down his face to the gurney below.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
29 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Brobdingnagian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Brobdingnagian. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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