as in gigantic
of a building or room
resembling a cave in spaciousness; very significant in size
We toured the cavernous airplane hangar. The dance was held in a cavernous hall. a cavernous auditorium
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Recent Examples of cavernous
Local leaders sought the increase largely to finance expansion of an already cavernous waterfront convention center in hopes of attracting more and larger conventions and trade shows.
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Dan Walters, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
In the final minutes, about 5,000 Iowa fans remained in cavernous Camp Randall Stadium, celebrating the Hawkeyes’ fourth straight series win.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Local leaders sought the increase largely to finance expansion of an already cavernous waterfront convention center in hopes of attracting more and larger conventions and trade shows.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2025
The cavernous space, about 6,000 square-feet, lacks electricity, insulation and walls, said Fred Eichenhofer, the board chair for the Meadow Vista Community Center nonprofit.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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Dan Walters, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
In the final minutes, about 5,000 Iowa fans remained in cavernous Camp Randall Stadium, celebrating the Hawkeyes’ fourth straight series win.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Local leaders sought the increase largely to finance expansion of an already cavernous waterfront convention center in hopes of attracting more and larger conventions and trade shows.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2025
The cavernous space, about 6,000 square-feet, lacks electricity, insulation and walls, said Fred Eichenhofer, the board chair for the Meadow Vista Community Center nonprofit.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavernous
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Plus, the cash flow from its chemical business is gigantic.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
26 Oct. 2025
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Titanic, gigantic GodzillaStomped on Tokyo, then on Manila.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The pitch clock has already gone a long way towards helping make baseball more accessible, but moving the first pitch back 25 minutes would still make a huge difference.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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Examples include huge catching nets, or docking with stray objects to force them back down into Earth's atmosphere.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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There are also several large time skips as the play picks up speed and focuses less on the group in favor of exploring Lizzie’s mother and their family in its second act.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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In this pact, China agreed to make large agricultural and energy purchases and strengthen commitments to protect intellectual property and technology.—
Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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The Jays capitalized on the Dodgers’ weak middle relief after chasing starter Blake Snell in the sixth inning to bust open a massive lead.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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How to Watch Boise State vs Nevada Boise State enters as a massive favorite, having only lost two games this year, while winning five.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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My love for Stevie Wonder is enormous, and a lot of that comes from Joni’s love for Stevie Wonder.—
Marissa R. Moss,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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That's an enormous gap, but what other team has a better claim as the league's 11th-best?—
Chase Goodbread,
The Tuscaloosa News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Never mind its name, extreme temperatures, and vast expanses of desert—there are also stones that move on their own.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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These middlemen purchased vast troves of information, ranging from phone numbers and home addresses to bank loans and shopping history, leaked by employees of financial institutions, e-commerce companies and other service providers.—
Snigdha Poonam,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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For the rest of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth century, magnetic storms, triggered by colossal solar explosions, repeatedly disrupted those networks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Just down the street from the colossal blue Scientology center (one of LA’s top locations for taking an ironic selfie) is Found Oyster, a delightful and perennially (pleasantly) crowded seafood restaurant inspired by clam shacks on the East Coast.—
Jocelyn Silver,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
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But SpaceX is not remotely ready to deliver, with serial failures of its mammoth Starship rocket delaying development of the lander.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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Supply chain bottlenecks that have long constrained an expansion of electricity grids are showing signs of easing, but plenty of other mammoth challenges remain, an executive at a major power infrastructure firm told Semafor.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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