monolith
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Evercore ISI analyst Kirk Materne wrote in a Thursday note that the software sector is not a monolith, and called out some companies showing especially strong signs of AI-related momentum.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
In the first experiment, the researchers placed a large crystal, known as the monolith, beside a regular rock of similar size.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Sprouting eyes, wings, beaks, the slender monolith seemingly rotates and billows as it rises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Rousey has criticised how much the UFC pays its fighters, saying she wants to help "challenge the monolith" it has become.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Chicago’s City Hall and County Building is a flat-roofed, eleven-story, gray-granite monolith that occupies an entire block between Clark and LaSalle north of the Loop.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Yet tourists might find themselves entirely alone at Cromeleque dos Almendres which along with the smaller and less-visited Cromeleque de Vale Maria do Meio are mysterious mini-Stonehenge circles of planted stone monoliths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
The monoliths that form the basis of the wall are similar to - but predate - the famous menhirs that dot the Brittany countryside and are associated with the Neolithic culture.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
Research shows there has been a sharp increase in the number of independent booksellers, even though monoliths like Amazon still reign supreme.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2024
We know that none of our communities are monoliths, and the politicians who want to represent us should be able to engage with these ideological differences and articulate why they exist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
All around them, crooked monoliths of earth and ice burst upward, as if the ground were coming to life.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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