monumental

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The Portuguese design genius for mixing the pious with playfully overelaborated touches reaches its apotheosis at this Unesco World Heritage site—Portugal’s equivalent of France’s monumental Cathedral of Chartres.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

In the shadow of a tumultuous year, approximately one billion people worldwide tuned in to their flickering television sets to follow the monumental journey of Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

"I would love to live in a world where this moment wouldn't be monumental, but that's not the case," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

If achieved, that would be a monumental feat.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

At the climax of its monumental opening chorus, with two adult choirs and a double-sized orchestra already in full sway, Bach introduces a new, majestically slower tune on top of the entire structure.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall