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cavernous

[kav-er-nuhs] / ˈkæv ər nəs /


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The warehouse has two cavernous freezers on the east and west sides of the building.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Going through the building's cavernous basement – which once housed two restaurants – crews found fragments of a wooden, revolving door dating back to the 1910s.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

The Dow rose 0.5% in this period while the Nasdaq composite fell 5.0% — a cavernous 5.5 percentage-point spread.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

Thousands of journalists and officials normally attend the glitzy dinner, which has for years been held in the cavernous conference room of the the Washington Hilton.

From Barron's Jun. 2, 2026

He had a cavernous mouth, cavernous cheeks, cavernous, sad, mildewed eyes.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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