Herculean task
Example Sentences
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Santosh Janardhan, Meta’s head of infrastructure, said his company’s goal is “to deliver personal superintelligence to billions of people,” a herculean task that requires immense amounts of power, land and hardware.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
That said, the herculean task of adapting a 600-page work of historical scholarship should not be taken lightly.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2024
As someone who understood that love is key to liberation, he committed himself to the herculean task of persuading the rest of us.
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2024
But their discovery in Kenya, East Africa’s commercial hub, shows the herculean task of tackling fake medicines.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023
If anything, the NACA’s response to Sputnik would only intensify the process of change, as the herculean task of safely navigating the heavens was divided into myriad smaller tasks, tests, parts, and people.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
