as in huge
unusually large
a vast expanse of land just waiting to be settled
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Recent Examples of vast
The vast majority of undercover U.S. intelligence officers work out of embassies and consulates, posing as diplomats, and the closure of diplomatic posts would reduce the CIA's options for where to position its spies.
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arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Splurge venues are everywhere and then some, proliferating like the Blob, devouring a vast share of the city’s dining dollars with their multicourse food-and-wine orgies comprised of reductions and espumas and tweezered microgreens.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
The two lone wolves traverse a wasteland of vast canyons, derelict cityscapes and blazing oil fields, digitally rendered on blue screens.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
What to Do Sure, wine tasting and farm-to-table dining is why many travelers come to the Willamette Valley to begin with, but its vast beauty shouldn't be wasted.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025
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arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Splurge venues are everywhere and then some, proliferating like the Blob, devouring a vast share of the city’s dining dollars with their multicourse food-and-wine orgies comprised of reductions and espumas and tweezered microgreens.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
The two lone wolves traverse a wasteland of vast canyons, derelict cityscapes and blazing oil fields, digitally rendered on blue screens.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
What to Do Sure, wine tasting and farm-to-table dining is why many travelers come to the Willamette Valley to begin with, but its vast beauty shouldn't be wasted.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vast
Adjective
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The huge showcase halls featured more than 6,000 exhibitors from around the world.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Mar. 2025
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Laws adopted since the previous huge burns demand density and economic diversity, though.—
Thomas Elias,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The decision to remove the enormous mural near the White House comes after a U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., introduced legislation earlier this week that gave D.C. an ultimatum: either paint over the slogan or risk losing federal funding.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
8 Mar. 2025
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There are also the now-traditional summer preseason schedules of European clubs who spend a few weeks in America playing before enormous crowds before kicking off their new seasons back home.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Acoustic Sounds occupies a hodgepodge of squat industrial buildings in Salina, a city of about 50,000 near the geographic center of the 48 contiguous states, where grain elevators and a gigantic frozen pizza plant jut out from the flat plains landscape.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
7 Mar. 2025
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Some knobby with new growth, some short or gigantic, some suffering or shrunken, some reaching over paths and roads.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Of course, Cena vs. Rhodes sounds like a tremendous WrestleMania main event on paper, too, a bout that WWE fans would be easily invested in given how popular Cena and Rhodes have been at their peaks.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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This is a time of tremendous grief and pain for those who knew and loved him.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Paying the high acquisition cost to get him would be a massive risk.—
Peter Baugh,
The Athletic,
6 Mar. 2025
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Growth in electricity demand is now driven by the construction of massive data centers and by electrification of cars and heating and cooling systems.—
Seth Blumsack,
The Conversation,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In a recent report on the giant theater chain Cinemark, the research firm MoffettNathanson started with a look at the continuing dismal state of theatrical exhibition.—
David Bloom,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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There are spells, curses, vendettas, a twist villain, giant dragons who turn into humanoid warriors and many other creatures populating the world of this gargantuan feat of eye-popping computer animation.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This immense utility makes their protection critical, as mismanagement or breaches can lead to catastrophic financial loss and eroded trust among clients and stakeholders.—
Lior Lamesh,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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And many of us, about 92 percent, have been trying to cope with immense dismay and stress since last November.—
Essence,
Essence,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Today’s state-of-the-art LLMs, capable of generating text, writing codes and analyzing data, rely on colossal infrastructure for training, storage and inference.—
Gerui Wang,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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There is a mutual readiness to work to restore relations and gradually solve a colossal amount of systemic strategic problems in the global architecture.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Vast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vast. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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