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Recent Examples of massive World’s biggest iceberg runs aground Weighing over a trillion tons and more than twice the size of London, the massive iceberg has been drifting in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica since 2020. Alexandra Banner, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025 Additionally, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon each signed separate nuclear energy agreements late last year in anticipation of the massive energy demands of their AI plans. Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 5 Mar. 2025 The bond between Perry and his children became even more evident when the actor, who also starred in The CW series Riverdale, suffered a massive stroke on Feb. 27, 2019. Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025 The Senate's version would break it up into two pieces for the sake of speed, and the House's version would wrap it into one massive package in the hopes of squeezing it through their narrow Republican majority. Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for massive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for massive
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  • The 13-pound, 6-ounce largemouth also tied a Bass Fishing League record for the heaviest bass ever weighed at a BFL event, according to Major League Fishing.
    Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 28 Feb. 2025
  • There was a heavy police presence, with state troopers stationed around the rotunda.
    Hannah Fingerhut, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Running over a year off-Broadway has been a dream come true, and has set us up for huge success nationwide.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Photo : Miroslav Cik A huge terrace wraps around the house, providing lots of space for alfresco dining and relaxing.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In Cairo, the Sphinx, the Giza Pyramids and the magnificent Pyramid of Cheops beckon.
    Rona Berg, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Playing for Team Sweden at the 4 Nations Face-Off, Karlsson was magnificent in all three of his appearances.
    Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Littell’s performance last year — an 8-10, 3.63 record in a team-leading 29 starts and 156 1/3 innings — and his status as an arbitration-eligible player earned him a hefty salary for this season: $5.72 million.
    Marc Topkin, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Employers may face hefty fines for employing workers without authorization, but in other cases, workers are placed in removal proceedings while employers face minimal or no fines as investigations drag out.
    Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Acoustic Sounds occupies a hodgepodge of squat industrial buildings in Salina, a city of about 50,000 near the geographic center of the 48 contiguous states, where grain elevators and a gigantic frozen pizza plant jut out from the flat plains landscape.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Some knobby with new growth, some short or gigantic, some suffering or shrunken, some reaching over paths and roads.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 5 Mar. 2025
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  • Netflix’s six-episode epic stars top model Deva Cassel — who is Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel’s daughter — as Angelica Sedara, the young, stunning middle class woman played by Cardinale in the original.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 5 Mar. 2025
  • As with Abloh and Williams, this new partnership promises to be epic.
    Jessica Diner, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The decision to remove the enormous mural near the White House comes after a U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., introduced legislation earlier this week that gave D.C. an ultimatum: either paint over the slogan or risk losing federal funding.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 8 Mar. 2025
  • There are also the now-traditional summer preseason schedules of European clubs who spend a few weeks in America playing before enormous crowds before kicking off their new seasons back home.
    Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
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  • Tonight’s column marks the glorious return of Lady Gaga, who is pulling double duty as host and musical guest.
    Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2025
  • The showcase also marked the glorious return of pro wrestler Jade Cargill, who had been absent from WWE TV since she was attacked backstage on Friday Night SmackDown in November.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2025

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“Massive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massive. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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