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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
The amount of computer storage or memory is equally humongous.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
The retirement of future Hall of Famer Aaron Donald left a humongous hole in a unit that had to be rebuilt with first- and second-year players.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Twelve helicopters are filling humongous water buckets hanging from cables and sucking seawater up through snorkels.
—Alec Luhn, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
Filtered across the main level are a humongous formal living room with a fireplace and coffered ceiling, a formal dining room, a billiards room with a wet bar, and an office space.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
The retirement of future Hall of Famer Aaron Donald left a humongous hole in a unit that had to be rebuilt with first- and second-year players.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Twelve helicopters are filling humongous water buckets hanging from cables and sucking seawater up through snorkels.
—Alec Luhn, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
Filtered across the main level are a humongous formal living room with a fireplace and coffered ceiling, a formal dining room, a billiards room with a wet bar, and an office space.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for humongous
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The trend, which was huge in the 2010s in a memorable patchwork pattern, is actually a super comfortable way to rock shorts while traveling.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Mar. 2025
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But if the Nets aren't interested in signing Randle, where would that huge contract come from? Randle's teammate, Naz Reid, figures to decline his $15.0 million player option and re-sign with the Minnesota Timberwolves, which could further complicate Randle's decision matrix.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
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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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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The good news is this: India’s mammoth endeavor to transition its power sector paves the way for significant growth across multiple sunrise sectors.—
Radhika Kak, independent researcher at Harvard Business School and Varad Pande, partner at BCG,
CNBC,
20 Mar. 2025
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Its crowning glory: a mammoth skylight that illuminates the entire structure for ultimate chiaroscuro effect.—
Naomi Rougeau,
Robb Report,
19 Mar. 2025
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Leveraged and inverse ETFs give investors the opportunity to make monster bets on the stock market’s direction.—
Krysta Escobar,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2025
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One of the biggest changes reflects the idea that these new players prefer more monster options over D&D lore.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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
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His stage elements were simple yet vibrant, futuristic and captivating: two large LED panels, a floating LED panel and a silver car in which Balvin made his grand entrance.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
23 Mar. 2025
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The shining white marble floors, soaring ceilings and grand black marble staircase create an impressive entrance.—
David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
22 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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“Humongous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humongous. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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