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as in demon
a strange or horrible and often frightening creature
both children insisted that their parents check under the bed for monsters every night
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as in anomaly
a person, thing, or event that is far from normal
the gardener destroyed all of the monsters that mutated from his tomato plants
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as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
the guards at the concentration camps were monsters who enjoyed seeing their victims suffer
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as in giant
something large of its kind
a monster of a sandwich that could easily feed two hearty eaters
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as in gigantic
unusually large
a monster truck competition
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Recent Examples of monster
Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 14 Dec. 2024
New Richmond 15-year-old catches monster while jug fishing All four were charged in May.
—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 13 Dec. 2024
Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2024
The Gunn brothers used to make monster movies as kids
The brothers began dabbling in film at an early age.
—Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
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Noun
Ranging from dark rom-coms to monster movies, Criterion is adding some proper deep cuts, as well as 4K restorations of two films that are already part of the collection.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 14 Dec. 2024
New Richmond 15-year-old catches monster while jug fishing All four were charged in May.
—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 13 Dec. 2024
Adjective
West blew up his roster and traded key players such as Vlade Divac to create the cap room to offer O’Neal a monster seven-year, $121 million deal.
—Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2024
The Gunn brothers used to make monster movies as kids
The brothers began dabbling in film at an early age.
—Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monster
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In the first season, Cross faces his toughest case yet while grappling with personal demons that threaten to derail him.Okla Jones, Essence, 14 Dec. 2024
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The show ran from 1997 to 2003 and saw Gellar’s Buffy Summers seek out and destroy vampires, demons and other forces of darkness, with the help of her friends.Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
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Last year was an anomaly with three four-star quarterbacks in MBA's Marcel Reed, Ravenwood's Chris Parson and Pope John Paul II's Kenny Minchey.Tom Kreager, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Such immigration without right, far from being an anomaly, is part of the human story and America’s DNA.Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Irrational self-belief is one of the reasons villains deeply resonate across culture, says Kevin Wynter, a professor of media studies at Pomona College.Jason Parham, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2024
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Here the villain isn't a person but an incredibly advanced AI with the power to destabilize the world.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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Towns attempted to stay physical with the Frenchman, but not much could be done against the giant.Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 25 Dec. 2024
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With power-hungry AI data centers projected to consume 10% of global electricity by 2030, per McKinsey & Company, tech giants increasingly use nuclear power for sustainable energy solutions.Michael Sheldrick, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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The gigantic Young-Hee is among the first things players see when their number is called.Jennifer Maas, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
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Start showing off your personal style with gigantic hair bows, sneaker charms, busy necklaces, and layered keychains—in this, more is more.Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024
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White specks on the horizon grew to surround us with grotesques of ice.Blair Braverman, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
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The Watergate grotesques form a small portion of the weird and sometimes wacky, but always carefully curated, world of Ellison.Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
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Although there are no confirmed person-to-person infections so far, Susanne recently reported on research that indicates the strain currently affecting dairy cows is one mutation away from becoming easily transmitted between humans.Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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Bridge RNAs Represent the Next Generation of Gene Editing While CRISPR promises to revolutionize the treatment of rare diseases caused by mutations in a single gene, experts are already pioneering gene editing’s next frontier.Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Others claim that the brute was named either for a popular near beer or for a Sunday comic strip about monkeys.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 17 Nov. 2024
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When searching for reprieve, there’s sanctuary in a movie musical that looks like a Broadway smash, a Colosseum full of vintage brutes, a Harry Styles simile.Raven Smith, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Monster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monster. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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