monolith
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It’s a satisfying celebration for a cultural monolith.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
She left her backcountry campsite about 4:30 a.m. to reach Half Dome by 6 a.m., catching the sunrise at 8,800-feet elevation from the granite monolith.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 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
“The group moving as a monolith creates some concern about how durable this rally is,” Materne wrote in a Thursday note, pointing out that small-cap and midcap software names have surged alongside large-cap stocks.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
Formann’s Department Store was a tan art deco monolith.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
All-night broadcasting had not been proven as a business model in an industry dominated nationally by corporate monoliths like ABC, NBC and CBS, where news programming was something that happened on a set schedule.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Prehistoric burial mounds, monoliths and ceremonial sites had long inspired wonder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
If the fish-trap hypothesis is the right one, then the lines of protruding monoliths would have also supported a "net" made of sticks and branches to catch fish as the tide retreated.
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
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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