as in obelisk
a very large stone that is usually tall and narrow
Archaeologists have reported the discovery of an ancient monolith.
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Recent Examples of monolith
Chimney Rock State Park, North Carolina A 315-foot monolith of granite serves as the centerpiece of this state park near Asheville.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2026
In October in Yosemite National Park, for instance, notable 23-year-old Alaskan climber Balin Miller died just after solo-climbing the famed El Capitan granite monolith.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
This marks the first time the family monolith has ever installed a CMO across the entire operation.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 14 Jan. 2026
While the security forces are often lumped into an ideological monolith, there is a wide diversity among their members, as nearly all men are required to serve.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2026
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2026
In October in Yosemite National Park, for instance, notable 23-year-old Alaskan climber Balin Miller died just after solo-climbing the famed El Capitan granite monolith.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026
This marks the first time the family monolith has ever installed a CMO across the entire operation.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 14 Jan. 2026
While the security forces are often lumped into an ideological monolith, there is a wide diversity among their members, as nearly all men are required to serve.
—Robin Wright, New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monolith
obelisk
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Better just to glimpse, out of the corner of his eye, the obelisk with its modernist air rising up in the center of the plaza and only get a fleeting, distant view of the wind rose at its base.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Feb. 2026
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My journey began, in fact, with two nights at Orient Express La Minerva, a ravishing new Roman hotel quite literally steps from the Pantheon, directly in front of Bernini’s iconic elephant and obelisk statue in the Piazza della Minerva.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Monolith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monolith. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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