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as in demons
a strange or horrible and often frightening creature
both children insisted that their parents check under the bed for monsters every night
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as in anomalies
a person, thing, or event that is far from normal
the gardener destroyed all of the monsters that mutated from his tomato plants
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as in villains
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
the guards at the concentration camps were monsters who enjoyed seeing their victims suffer
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as in giants
something large of its kind
a monster of a sandwich that could easily feed two hearty eaters
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Recent Examples of monsters
Gremlins walked the earth so Labubu monsters could run to a World Cup.
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Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 14 June 2026
However, classist monsters online have engaged my inner Hammond and my inner ‘Rat.
—Gretchen Kalwinski, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
At first, this meant performing the same pattern over and over again to cast the same fire spell against monsters.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 11 June 2026
Percy Jackson and his demigod friends fight mythological monsters and the forces of the titan lord Kronos.
—Caroline Killilea, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Democrats never dare to criticize any of these Third World monsters, only the cops trying to protect American taxpayers from their cruel depredations.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026
Back in 2011, Konami released an arcade game called Steel Chronicle, which had large mecha take down large scary monsters.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Hidden somewhere in the unwritten margins of Jackson's story are the mechanisms that create monsters of men.
—Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 3 June 2026
Yet, the slender fangjaw proves that the creatures that look like monsters might actually hold the blueprints for our future.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 May 2026
Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 14 June 2026
However, classist monsters online have engaged my inner Hammond and my inner ‘Rat.
—Gretchen Kalwinski, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
At first, this meant performing the same pattern over and over again to cast the same fire spell against monsters.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 11 June 2026
Percy Jackson and his demigod friends fight mythological monsters and the forces of the titan lord Kronos.
—Caroline Killilea, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Democrats never dare to criticize any of these Third World monsters, only the cops trying to protect American taxpayers from their cruel depredations.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026
Back in 2011, Konami released an arcade game called Steel Chronicle, which had large mecha take down large scary monsters.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
Hidden somewhere in the unwritten margins of Jackson's story are the mechanisms that create monsters of men.
—Rodney Carmichael, NPR, 3 June 2026
Yet, the slender fangjaw proves that the creatures that look like monsters might actually hold the blueprints for our future.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monsters
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Together, the two men battle the forces of evil, each other, and their own demons on the path to salvation.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
11 June 2026
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What followed was 50-some-odd years of demons being exorcised in Madison Square Garden.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
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Advanced machine learning models can analyze supply chain behavior, detect fraud anomalies, optimize liquidity allocation and improve credit assessment for underserved markets lacking traditional credit histories.—
Meelan Gupta,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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When Tarhuni, and his co-panelists CapitalG’s Mo Jomaa and Notable Capital’s Hans Tung, broke it down, the conclusion was that these companies are anomalies.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
11 June 2026
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The festive, charming and energetic North American tour of the Broadway production is packed with as much nostalgia as new characters that are doppelgangers for the original series’ heroes and villains, and who often challenge our assumptions about their infamous families.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
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What villains, from Earth or elsewhere, are most known to threaten humanity?—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
4 June 2026
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The contributions to Becerra and Bonta are one signal that AI giants and their employees have taken notice, investing in state elections in addition to congressional races.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
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At the top, the commodity and energy giants that have anchored the list since its 2024 debut are slowing down.—
Andrew Staples,
Fortune,
16 June 2026
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In recent weeks, social media users, especially on X, have been noticing increasing references to goblins, along with other fantasy creatures such as gremlins, ogres and trolls in ChatGPT’s answers to user queries.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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Shrek and Fiona are now both full-time ogres, but Fiona’s parents (John Cleese and Julie Andrews) aren’t too thrilled, as a particularly tense family dinner scene makes clear.—
Skyler Trepel September 1,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The system spreads those mutations to everyone else.—
Gordon Ritter,
Fortune,
11 June 2026
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So, what causes these mutations and what's the impact?—
Emily Kwong,
NPR,
9 June 2026
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That’s happened in several Mid Atlantic rivers, but in the absence of larger brutes like blues and flathead, channels will thrive and can break the 15-pound mark.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
9 Apr. 2026
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In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-skinned developing world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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Entanglement and vessel strikes are the leading causes of death for the whales.—
Neal Riley,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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Why did so many whales die here?—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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“Monsters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monsters. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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