as in magnificent
large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception
an epic plan for the revitalization of the city
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Recent Examples of epic
Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2026
And the environment was so epic that Baz [Luhrmann] had created.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 13 June 2026
Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2026
Game 1 was a Homeric epic — a double-overtime stunner imprinted with Wembanyama’s game-tying 28-footer.
—Esfandiar Baraheni, New York Times, 3 June 2026
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Adjective
One of the crown jewels of the festival is the Wave Crest Woodies Parade which offers a nostalgic glimpse into the epic era of SoCal surfing.
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2026
And the environment was so epic that Baz [Luhrmann] had created.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 13 June 2026
Noun
Under a special arrangement between Universal and the Village Directors Circle, the collective of filmmakers led by Jason Reitman that bought the movie palace in 2024, American Cinematheque will screen Christopher Nolan’s new epic The Odyssey in a special three-week engagement beginning July 17.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2026
Game 1 was a Homeric epic — a double-overtime stunner imprinted with Wembanyama’s game-tying 28-footer.
—Esfandiar Baraheni, New York Times, 3 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epic
Adjective
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But even with a magnificent performance from an inspired goalkeeper, there’s no way that this result should have happened, even with Luis de la Fuente’s decision to leave Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams on the bench.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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Brunson continued his magnificent game with a drive that drew a foul, sinking both free throws to cut the lead down to two with five minutes to go.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
Noun
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Now that the AirPod saga has come to an end, the mother of two hopes others can take away a lesson from her experience.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
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Francis Ford Coppola's career high mark gave audiences the American crime saga of the Corleone mafia family toward the end of the '50s, with Part II looking back on the criminal clan after Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro) moves to the States from Sicily.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Noun
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As a finishing touch, the bathroom features allover orange—in lighting, walls, and decor—as an ode to the owners’ favorite color.—
Annabelle Dufraigne,
Architectural Digest,
10 June 2026
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Maman Zari, the Persian tasting menu restaurant in Albany Park that was an elegant ode to an Iranian grandmother, closed permanently on June 6.—
Louisa Kung Liu Chu,
Chicago Tribune,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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As New York wakes up from its two-day weekend bender to a glorious Monday with their Knicks as NBA champions, Wright is only now emerging from his own personal media blockade.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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This sounds glorious, and yet, Horkheimer and Adorno observe, freedom falls to those who are best positioned to grab it.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Under the partnership, Virtue Asia and COL will work together to package opportunities for regional marketers across microdrama, vertical video and mobile-first narrative entertainment.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 June 2026
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One of the biggest shifts happening in menopause research is the move away from scary narratives about the aging female brain.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
17 June 2026
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When The Last Ship, a musical that serves as an elegy to Wallsend, the hardscrabble Northern England shipyard town Sting grew up in, debuted on Broadway in 2014, the critical reception was disappointing.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
4 June 2026
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Tom Sturridge, Rebecca Hall, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and newcomer Luther Ford co-star in this elegy defiantly tethered to life.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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This majestic sequence delivers a lifetime’s outpouring of love’s inadequacies and frustrations, of grief and regret, of gratitude along with candid acceptance of loss, and of self-questioning that never shakes the foundations of the family—her ferocious commitment to the children.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 June 2026
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Over the past two decades, airlines have stopped using it as a passenger plane and replaced it with smaller aircraft that are more efficient, but far less majestic and memorable.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
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One tree may have even witnessed the grisly moment told of in tall tales, which gave Hangman's Gulch its name, but sadly, the tree recently died and had to be cut down for the safety of trail users.—
Olivia Young,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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China has two films in the main competition, the 2025 $215m box office hit Nobody by Shui Yu, and Tana, a contemporary tale about a young woman who leaves Shanghai to support her ailing father in Inner Mongolia.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
19 June 2026
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“Epic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epic. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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