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also humungous
as in huge
unusually large
I'm sleepy because I ate a humongous lunch
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Recent Examples of humongous
Shohei Ohtani was the only NL All-Star during Monday’s media availability to have a more consistently humongous throng of reporters around his table.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
The sandwiches here are not humongous, but they’re also priced right at less than $10 apiece.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
If Türkiye is not your final destination, the airline can take you from its humongous hub in Istanbul to just about anywhere in the world.
—AFAR Media, 10 July 2025
To see that movie outdoors in that humongous screen for 18,000 people.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 9 July 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
The sandwiches here are not humongous, but they’re also priced right at less than $10 apiece.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
If Türkiye is not your final destination, the airline can take you from its humongous hub in Istanbul to just about anywhere in the world.
—AFAR Media, 10 July 2025
To see that movie outdoors in that humongous screen for 18,000 people.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 9 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humongous
Adjective
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Congress had enacted byzantine eligibility requirements for disability and Supplemental Security Income benefits, forcing the agency to expend huge amounts of time and money running those programs.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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Of course, there remains a huge barrier to entry for the San Jose Sharks sophomore.—
Chris Johnston,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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The interior also worked well for the series’ trademark giant roundtable, and was able to accommodate the large cast.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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For a long time, people simply followed the work of researchers in the 1970s — including Carl Sagan — who studied the worlds in our Solar System, and assumed such exo-atmospheres would have similar hazes to Saturn’s giant moon Titan.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
10 Sep. 2025
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In Let’s Play Ball, two rival teams of comedians go head-to-head in a race to transport a gigantic ball across various terrains.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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Large downward revisions to monthly jobs data in recent weeks put a gigantic spotlight on an incredibly typical procedure for economic data.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The only other sound came from the two mammoth screens overlooking the parking lot, broadcasting entertainment for those sitting on the restaurant balcony.—
Joe Joyce,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Some of the world’s oldest microbial DNA has been found preserved in the mammoth remains dating back over one million years.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
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And then came the show’s monster success in streaming.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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That’s a pretty monster performance that sets up Project Runway for a promising return to television with this Disney reboot.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
14 July 2025
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In short, the massive popularity of its original anime ‘80s run wasn’t matched by its merchandising, and that’s something that is now being belatedly addressed.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Musk has long said Starship’s sheer size and power could make brand-new types of missions possible, including carrying groups of humans to Mars and deploying massive new space telescopes.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Today, Anousheh is the CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation, an organization that has helped solve massive social problems by setting grand challenges for teams to compete and solve.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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In February, when Calvin Klein made its grand return to New York Fashion Week, Jenner even strutted the runway.—
Hedy Phillips,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Starting a business requires tremendous energy, passion and a clear vision.—
Guy Peixoto,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Having entirely new avenues to chase down is tremendous.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Humongous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humongous. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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