as in huge
unusually large
that pumpkin is so enormous that it has to be a record holder
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Recent Examples of enormous
For one, achieving the kind of agility the company showed off in its original marketing video will likely remain an enormous engineering challenge.
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Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 8 Jan. 2026
But while the push to make our food supply healthier holds enormous promise, actions to dissuade parents from ensuring their kids get highly effective vaccines with decades-long safety records threaten to erase those gains — and more.
—Jerome Adams, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
If not $350 million, the Post-Gazette has continued to lose enormous sums of money, and when the Block family couldn't staunch the bleeding, nobody was stepping up to buy it.
—Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
With so many insects packed together in moist and dark places — and all closely related, sharing the same genetic vulnerabilities — infections and diseases can quickly pose an enormous threat to the well-being of an ant colony.
—Arundathi Nair, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enormous
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At the center of all the glitzy havoc—her face often looming on a huge flat screen that rolls around the stage, following actors like a hulking LED stalker—is of course Chenoweth.—
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Todd also had a huge sack in the fourth quarter.—
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Open my soul to the vast dark places.—
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Both nations boast vast petroleum reserves and extensive mineral wealth, long positioning themselves as anti-imperialist adversaries of the US.—
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Here currently in the United States backed by the courts, the legislative branch and the Justice Department, our president has acquired tremendous power.—
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The light beam distance of 80 meters, or approximately 260 feet, provides a tremendous field of view from three different LEDs.—
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There’s also a massive leg lumbering in the distance which could be a Sentinel, the gigantic, mutant-hunting robots that are some of X-Men’s most iconic villains.—
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Chaplin holds many vestiges of its former ownership, from an old saw mill and furnace from when Chaplin was making his films, to his footsteps, to a gigantic set of muppet eyes overlooking the soundstage room.—
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Constructed with the same thick, stretchy fleece material, this sporty pullover comes with a massive kangaroo pocket and a large hood, both working to keep you warm on chilly flights.—
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This delicate balance allows massive galaxies to stay dormant for billions of years, even when star-forming material is present.—
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The cybersecurity landscape right now is rife with opportunity and anxiety, particularly for giant companies that are trying to find their way in a world with a rapidly expanding threat landscape that far surpasses just humans.—
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Those giant snow piles in some parking lots won't be going anywhere anytime soon, but most of the snow is gone from your yard.—
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Subtle dark patches on the lunar surface betray the presence of colossal basaltic plains, where lava flows coated vast swathes of Earth's natural satellite, before solidifying in the extreme environment of space.—
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The wreck of a colossal oil barge is home to some of the bay's most stunning marine life.—
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The profound tragedy is that the husband has been an intellectual and executive giant of immense quality, with abundant gifts and skills.—
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In Mumbai, the scale of poverty and homelessness is so immense that the value of an individual life is often crushingly little.—
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“Enormous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enormous. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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