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monstrosity

[mon-stros-i-tee] / mɒnˈstrɒs ɪ ti /


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Now this monstrosity is on the verge of being acquired by Paramount Skydance for $111 billion—though that will ultimately be decided next year, following a historic antitrust trial.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

Anna Murphy, fashion director for the Times, called the "pale blue polyester tracksuit" a "monstrosity".

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

Wilmot Fraser, the sole Black member of the city history commission, called the monument a monstrosity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Petro earlier called the threat of a 100 percent tariff "a monstrosity" and threatened to withdraw Colombia from the Andean Community of Nations, a trade bloc which also includes Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026

His palms pressed against the sides of my head, keeping me looking forward, confronting the monstrosity.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

"Look around you at these monstrosities of insanity, insolence, incompetence and degeneration," he declared in his opening address.

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2025

Obtaining an ugly sweater used to mean digging around in thrift stores or the backs of closets to find sometimes handmade monstrosities embellished with all sorts of corny Christmas creatures.

From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2024

Because despite these monstrosities being marketed as instruments of chaos, the company is really building family vehicles, Eisenband said.

From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024

In the case of Mr. Jon, the inseam of these monstrosities would be so substantial that they barely qualified as shorts to the rational observer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2023

Up above, clouds will billow out of nowhere into dark monstrosities, pregnant with malevolent intent, and a clear blue sky is like a magnifying glass for a punishing sun.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman


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