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Recent Examples of megalith
Despite the deluge of new data, the megaliths had given up none of their obdurate strangeness.
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Chief among these was the sacrifice of childhood upon the altar of commerce, performed by such capitalistic megaliths as Disney, whose Mickey Mouse figured prominently in his oeuvre.
—News Desk, Artforum, 24 Nov. 2025
Liberal-leaning television networks were a megalith, and First Amendment-protected besides.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
Other new inductees include mysterious granite megaliths in Brittany, France, and petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream in South Korea.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2025
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Chief among these was the sacrifice of childhood upon the altar of commerce, performed by such capitalistic megaliths as Disney, whose Mickey Mouse figured prominently in his oeuvre.
—News Desk, Artforum, 24 Nov. 2025
Liberal-leaning television networks were a megalith, and First Amendment-protected besides.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2025
Other new inductees include mysterious granite megaliths in Brittany, France, and petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream in South Korea.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for megalith
Noun
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The open kitchen has custom soft-close cabinetry, stone countertops, a microwave–convection oven, and an island that will be your only eating and cooking surface.—
Katie McDonough,
Curbed,
18 May 2026
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Glass replaces stone, terraces open to sea and sky, and interiors frame nature as the main protagonist.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Trump is also using government money to build monuments for himself.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2026
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The idea of a waiting period is common for monuments and memorials.—
Kelsey Ables,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
Noun
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The exhibition for its Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition is dominated by tombstone labels.—
Kelsey Ables,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
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Workmen are erecting identical marble tombstones.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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While Johnny Carson was a monolith, shaped by a dominant TV media structure to be all things to all people, the current crop of late-night hosts are merely splinters.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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The winning model here is a coordinated platform ecosystem, not fragmented vendors or rigid monoliths.—
Miroslav Katsarov,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Swapping gravestones for fieldstones That trend — along with a desire to improve deathcare — led Connell to partner with Ed Bixby, owner of Steelmantown Church in New Jersey, which operates several green cemeteries nationwide.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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Many of the gravestones in this makeshift cemetery have no full names, only the fighter's nom de guerre, because they were buried in the haste of war.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
17 May 2026
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“Megalith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/megalith. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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