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monolith

[mon-uh-lith] / ˈmɒn ə lɪθ /


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But I also know that the Dodger monolith has become so big that the game itself is at risk for next season.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

In the first experiment, the researchers placed a large crystal, known as the monolith, beside a regular rock of similar size.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026

Sprouting eyes, wings, beaks, the slender monolith seemingly rotates and billows as it rises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

Rousey has criticised how much the UFC pays its fighters, saying she wants to help "challenge the monolith" it has become.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

She stands like a monolith looking out of the giant window.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Those willing to venture beyond the country’s tourist-choked cities will find unspoiled beaches, Unesco sites, stone monoliths and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

At regular intervals divers found large granite standing stones – or monoliths – protruding above the wall in two parallel lines.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025

Research shows there has been a sharp increase in the number of independent booksellers, even though monoliths like Amazon still reign supreme.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2024

In both cases, the authorities did not know the origins of the monoliths, though a group of artists claimed to have fabricated one found atop Pine Mountain in Atascadero, Calif.

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

There was something fluid, insubstantial, in the very heaviness of this city built of monoliths, this monolithic state that called the part and the whole by the same name.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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