as in colossal
unusually large
The explorers stumbled upon an ancient castle of monolithic proportions.
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Recent Examples of monolithic
Historically, film studios have been run by one monolithic figure, calling shots and running expansive teams of middle managers and underlings.
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
The other wrinkle is that AI Overviews isn’t a single monolithic model.
—ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
That’s the period during which Hollywood’s monolithic studio system broke up, as a result of a 1948 antitrust decree and of commercial pressures that included the growing popularity of television and a shift toward suburban life styles.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Rendered in textured brass, the piece can hold up to four candles and evokes the Italian studio’s monolithic, architectural design practice.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2026
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
The other wrinkle is that AI Overviews isn’t a single monolithic model.
—ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
That’s the period during which Hollywood’s monolithic studio system broke up, as a result of a 1948 antitrust decree and of commercial pressures that included the growing popularity of television and a shift toward suburban life styles.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
Rendered in textured brass, the piece can hold up to four candles and evokes the Italian studio’s monolithic, architectural design practice.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monolithic
Adjective
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Spica's light represents not one, but two colossal stars, which orbit each other once every four days.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
25 May 2026
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Her style can seem simple and understated on paper or on a screen, but in person, the portraits are colossal, sometimes up to 10 feet tall.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
24 May 2026
Adjective
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Its gigantic coal infrastructure, coal-to-chemical plants, and processing facilities could readily be adapted to handle the load.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
24 May 2026
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That company-wide deficit in profitability could potentially raises questions about it will fund its gigantic requirement for the capex required to deliver on its promise make its AI side a supreme winner.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
23 May 2026
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Let’s start with the Thunder and Spurs, a titanic clash that begins tonight between the two best teams from the regular season.—
Greg Rosenstein,
NBC news,
18 May 2026
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Some cars do shine, though, like the new R Class time-attack weapons with their titanic downforce.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
14 May 2026
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McCain tallied 24 points as part of the Thunder’s 76-point bench effort in a monumental Game 3 without Jalen Williams.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
24 May 2026
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And for soccer fans hoping to spend less time in traffic and more time enjoying the excitement of the world’s biggest sporting event, the train ride itself may become part of the core memories of this monumental sporting event.—
JP Shaffer,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2026
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Farmers are now hoping federal assistance will help offset some of the enormous financial losses.—
Madeleine Wright,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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While technology will be the centerpiece, the facility — tentatively named the Connecticut Center for Applied AI — won’t have enormous banks of computer servers or the high-capacity energy and cooling systems that are trademarks of data centers.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
28 May 2026
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These fees charged to developers, supposedly to cover the costs of expanding infrastructure and services for new housing construction, are astronomical.—
Christina Mojica,
Oc Register,
26 May 2026
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There are also generators aimed at more niche or high-value products, such as star maps based on real astronomical data or sound wave visualizations derived from audio files.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 May 2026
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The dynamic came up again after a visit to Ultium Cells, a mammoth factory in Warren, Ohio, where General Motors and LG Energy Solution are building batteries for electric vehicles.—
Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
28 May 2026
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Parts of SpaceX, as the company looks to raise as much as a mammoth $80 billion in its IPO, remain close to the chest.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
28 May 2026
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But constructing ever-bulkier hardware rapidly runs into physical and economic obstacles that limit the size of any single telescope and the sharpness of our cosmic views.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
27 May 2026
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Parsons, in his feature directing debut (the script is by Will Soodik), proves to be a wizard of mood who shares the early David Lynch’s love of industrial cosmic sound design, and also Lynch’s fixation on the mysteries of electricity.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
27 May 2026
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“Monolithic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monolithic. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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