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1
as in courageous
feeling or displaying no fear by temperament
a memorial honoring the heroic nurses who served in the war
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as in epic
large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception
an opera production of heroic proportions
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as in monumental
unusually large
a heroic statue of Alexander the Great astride his horse
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heroic efforts
a heroic figure
heroic proportions
monumental proportions
mythic proportions
enormous proportions
gigantic proportions
epic proportions
heroic deeds
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Recent Examples of heroic
Despite that, some have cast Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspect charged with Thompson’s murder, as a heroic figure in the aftermath of his arrest, which gave rise to an outpouring of grievances about insurance companies.
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Linley Sanders, TIME, 27 Dec. 2024
Still, some have cast Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspect charged with Thompson’s murder, as a heroic figure.
—Linley Sanders, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Everyone loves Mel and Jack - who wouldn’t want to befriend this nice, honest, hard-working, heroic and, certainly, good looking couple?
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Bruce Springsteen, April 1, Chase Center Springsteen and his legendary E Street Band put on an amazing show on March 28 at Chase, filled with heroic performances of some of the finest rocks songs of all time.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Linley Sanders, TIME, 27 Dec. 2024
Still, some have cast Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspect charged with Thompson’s murder, as a heroic figure.
—Linley Sanders, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Everyone loves Mel and Jack - who wouldn’t want to befriend this nice, honest, hard-working, heroic and, certainly, good looking couple?
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Bruce Springsteen, April 1, Chase Center Springsteen and his legendary E Street Band put on an amazing show on March 28 at Chase, filled with heroic performances of some of the finest rocks songs of all time.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heroic
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Joshua Zeman’s documentary chronicles the courageous efforts to save them, first from starvation, then via transport to new homes.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
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The Democratic budget was moved from the House to the Senate, which allowed four courageous Democratic senators who recognized the historic moment for structural budgetary changes.Len Fasano, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2025
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Looking to experience all the epic zombie action from start to finish?Skyler Caruso, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
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That comes with a bigger budget, more epic set-pieces, and presumably a deeper connection to the ever-growing MCU.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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By October 2019, the island was declared free of invasive rodents, marking a monumental success in conservation history.Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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The Palisades fire, covering at least a monumental 17,234 acres, is now the most destructive fire in the city of Los Angeles’s history.Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2025
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In spite of the leisurely pace of change, To mix valiant drinks for the future.Czeslaw Milosz, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Montana State, however, made a valiant comeback effort.Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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The glorious few who still worry about the decline of Palm Beach society speculated wildly that Trump was planning to legalize gambling and build a casino, or — the truly frightening possibility — subdivide his acreage and sell houses.Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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But its glorious catalog lay in disarray, waiting for an astute buyer willing to mine its precious gems.Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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This comes after a colossal storm produced severe winter weather to much of the country, including northeastern Kansas into north-central Missouri, that saw snowfall around 15 inches.Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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Just imagine a colossal Matt Wallner-McCusker platoon.Aaron Gleeman, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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The streets here are steep, as in San Francisco-steep—so precipitous that brave locals (or crazy, some might say) hurtle down them in homemade bobsleds every January.Cassidy Randall, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Benjamin Franklin was not only a political thinker but a scientist and a brave advocate of smallpox inoculation.Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025
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The mountains are majestic, the skies can be very dramatic around sunset and the skiing is world class.Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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The nearly 4-mile String Lake Loop Trail is shorter, and offers equally majestic mountain views.Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Heroic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heroic. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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