Herculean

Example Sentences

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Santosh Janardhan, Meta’s head of infrastructure, said his company’s goal is “to deliver personal superintelligence to billions of people,” a herculean task that requires immense amounts of power, land and hardware.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

This tie is far from over, even if it is going to take a herculean effort from Newcastle at the Nou Camp next week.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

On Friday, SpaceX asked U.S. regulators for approval to launch up to 1 million satellites as orbital data centers, which would be a herculean effort.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 2, 2026

Now in 2025, it’s evolved into a herculean entity that hosts IRL gatherings such as the Unova tour stop in L.A., which was broken into “seasons” across the Rose Bowl and surrounding areas.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

The guard, the father and one or two small children began the herculean job of waking Dad.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou