monumental
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This struck him as a monumental misuse of resources.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
The piece will run about seven hours from sundown to sunrise, 365 days a year, just across the street from Jeff Koons’ monumental topiary sculpture “Split-Rocker.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Those monumental physical traces are to be found in the fertile plains, mountainsides and deserts of the Middle East.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
“Big Bang” puts readers in the midst of this monumental scientific debate, while demonstrating that, for all its audacity, “the Big Bang model can be understood by everyone.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Cities differ from villages in their monumental public works, palaces of rulers, accumulation of capital from tribute or taxes, and concentration of people other than food producers.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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