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as in demon
a strange or horrible and often frightening creature
both children insisted that their parents check under the bed for monsters every night
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as in anomaly
a person, thing, or event that is far from normal
the gardener destroyed all of the monsters that mutated from his tomato plants
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as in villain
a mean, evil, or unprincipled person
the guards at the concentration camps were monsters who enjoyed seeing their victims suffer
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as in giant
something large of its kind
a monster of a sandwich that could easily feed two hearty eaters
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as in gigantic
unusually large
a monster truck competition
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Recent Examples of monster
Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
Through one portal, in the world called Dark Universe, Universal brings to life its signature monsters including Dracula, the Wolf Man and the Invisible Man.
—Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Cooper Koch found monster success thanks to his latest project.
—Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Still, calling Sampson’s program a college basketball monster is missing the point.
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Most monster planets are forged in catastrophe When Dong and her colleagues simulated what would happen if planets started out unusually large and kept growing into super-Jupiters.
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With the playoffs around the corner, New York could have slayed the proverbial dragon, shaken off its demons and walked into the playoffs believing.—
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There are extravagant rock concerts, evil giant babies, fiery demons, and of course, the odd robot as well.—
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These systems excel at identifying patterns and detecting anomalies.—
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Still, the New York Rangers play at Madison Square Garden, which is one of the busiest venues in sports, which leads to schedule anomalies like the one experienced Wednesday night.—
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Whereas Serena could easily have emerged as a one-note villain, from the beginning of her tenure on the series, Strahovski has imbued Serena with a soulfulness that often puts the audience uncomfortably on her side, despite her reprehensible actions.—
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Even when a big threat does arrive on the scene, the heroes aren't there right away, so plenty of innocent people get hurt before a villain gets brought to justice.—
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The feds argued the rule had applied to Chambers’ companies and that eight of his businesses didn’t qualify for eligibility because the SBA had already funded over $20 million to others in the auto giant.—
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Tech giants including Amazon, Google and Microsoft offer quantum-as-a-service, bringing the barrier to entry lower than ever, and paving the way for anyone with ideas to start building quantum applications to fit their needs.—
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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.—
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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).—
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Winifred, the protagonist of this Victorian-era grotesque, takes a position as a governess at an English manor.—
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His early short films, such as Six Men Getting Sick (1967) and The Grandmother (1970), showcased his talent for blending the grotesque with the beautiful, setting the stage for his groundbreaking debut feature, Eraserhead (1977).—
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For example, researchers have discovered that mutations in the BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 genes signal higher risk for certain cancers like breast cancer.—
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The radiation associated with these jets could increase mutation rates.—
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By the end of the episode, the audience is eager to meet the antihero, the brute, that everyone is talking about.—
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Slinging a sports coat over his pajamas, Long pulls up to a curb and finds Tay (Dustin Nguyen), the Vietnamese speaker, plus two silent brutes, Eddie (Phi Vu) and Aden (Dali Benssalah), who muscle into his car and take over everything: the seating arrangements, the air freshener and their driver.—
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“Monster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monster. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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