monumental
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"Modest in demeanour, yet monumental in achievement, Fergus never sought admiration, but earned it universally from team-mates, opponents, supporters and generations of young rugby players, who dreamed of following in his footsteps."
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
This struck him as a monumental misuse of resources.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
Some investors privately groaned over what they saw as a frustrating lack of disclosure from the company for such a monumental decision.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
He most recently led the state attorneys’ case against concert promoter and ticketing firm Live Nation, resulting in a monumental win for the states, including California.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Native peoples had created town sites, farms, monumental earthworks, and networks of roads, and they had devised a wide variety of governments, some as complex as any in the modern world.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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