Bunyanesque

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Bunyanesque
Adjective
  • Liftoff will happen here in West Texas from a launchpad on a mammoth ranch owned by Jeff Bezos.
    CBS News, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2025
  • The Context The 39-year-old made her return to the desert for her second headline set with a mammoth 21-song set.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The Institute said while dying adults have previously been filmed by fishermen, the colossal squid have never been seen alive at depth.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
  • On the season’s closing days, skiers and riders take their turn gaining speed down to the base of the slope, bending their knees and water skiing over a lake, pond or colossal puddle, just hoping to absorb the shock on the other side.
    Anna Fiorentino, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Still, Cornyn, who has trounced past challengers, is a prodigious fundraiser and wields widespread influence as a senior senator.
    Kayla Guo, ProPublica, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The prodigious child of Salzburg had become a dominant figure in European classical music.
    David Denby, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • On YouTube alone, there are genres within genres of Minecraft videos, with boundless narrative possibilities; A Minecraft Movie was bound to attract a gargantuan audience, no matter what.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • On top of his composing work, Giacchino is also planning his feature film directorial debut with a remake of Them!, the 1954 black-and-white sci-fi movie about gargantuan man-eating ants.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Djokovic won his only title of 2024 at Roland Garros, beating Alcaraz in their titanic Olympic gold medal match.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Parker scored a second-round TKO victory after landing a titanic overhand right that landed on the top of Bakole’s head.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • However, if all goes to plan, PUNCH's future cosmic images won't have any stars at all — or any zodiacal light, for that matter.
    Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • In this new iteration, Garner assumes the role and features prominently in the trailer, heralding the arrival of the cosmic entity Galactus, voiced by Ralph Ineson.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The bathroom could be closed off with sleek pivoting panels and came—like all suites—with a gigantic shower and round bath the size of a Jacuzzi tub.
    Chris Schaklx, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The polar vortex is a gigantic, circular area of cold air high up in the atmosphere that typically spins over the North Pole (as its name suggests).
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The five-story Osaka Castle, a recreation of the original keep (which was destroyed on several occasions), is built on solid cyclopean foundations, with mint green roof tiles and golden accoutrements that bear striking similarities with Nagoya Castle.
    CNN, CNN, 19 Jan. 2022
  • The wall was built with a range of construction techniques, including cyclopean masonry.
    Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Aug. 2021
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“Bunyanesque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Bunyanesque. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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