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monolith

[mon-uh-lith] / ˈmɒn ə lɪθ /


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Consumers aren’t a monolith when it comes to AI in advertising, The WSJ Leadership Institute’s Patrick Coffee writes for the newsletter:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 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

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

It’s a pop culture monolith, spawning an Emmy-award winning South Park episode and the Leeroy Jenkins meme.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

To Melanie she looked like a miniature monolith, glowing with mystery.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

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

In both cases, the authorities did not know the origins of the monoliths, though a group of artists claimed to have fabricated one found atop Pine Mountain in Atascadero, Calif.

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

The seventeen-story monoliths were among the dangerous projects in all of Baltimore.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore




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