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cavernous

[kav-er-nuhs] / ˈkæv ər nəs /


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To its credit, Oschin architect ZGF has done its best to keep the shuttle gallery’s dark, cavernous architecture in the background; focusing attention on the Endeavour while transporting visitors to another realm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The peeling facades, faded signs and cavernous auditoriums of such cinemas are remnants of a time when going to the movies was itself the main event.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

In cavernous, tomblike galleries, exquisite statuettes are softly spot-lit on stone shelves without labels, while images of deities painted by Rivera flitted across the ceiling above.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Then Curry, undulating ever so slightly, delivers his first lines in a cavernous register, seated someplace between a purr and a growl.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

They take him and two younger boys, sitting nearby, to a cavernous railroad shed, where seven other officers are holding twenty migrants.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario


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