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as in difficult
requiring considerable physical or mental effort
the herculean task of grading 60 student essays over one weekend
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as in enormous
unusually large
a herculean banquet table that took eight men to lift it
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for herculean
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But the fact that Schwartzman, in his first film, was given the difficult task of stealing laughs away from a comedy legend, and so often succeeds in doing so, gives him the slight edge.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
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These connections are difficult to make from within, but consultants are trained to see across boundaries.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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But, Tether has also had an enormous increase in popularity, with the number of outstanding Tether coins rising from $2 billion in 2019 to $153 billion today.—
Nathan Lewis,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Like Musk, Venis is obsessed with going to outer space and with using his enormous war chest to build hyperscale data centers to create powerful anti-woke AI systems.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
31 May 2025
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Predicting how technology will change our relationship with terminology is challenging, but the need for precise scientific language, including the names of species, will never go away.—
Nicholas Green,
The Conversation,
3 June 2025
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Read more upvotes Comment View 417 comments Dr. Melanie McCabe told Newsweek that the postpartum period can be both joyful and deeply challenging.—
Darlin Tillery,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
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On the other hand, Trump has genuine and tremendous leverage over Musk.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
6 June 2025
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But in a city where incumbents are rarely shown the door, and where public employee unions have tremendous clout, our leaders don’t care.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 June 2025
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This is a time for doing the tough, often unglamorous job of making the city function for all New Yorkers.—
Scott Stringer,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2025
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When staring at twin suns like from much greater distances — many light-years away — astronomers have a much tougher time than young Skywalker in determining two stars from one.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
3 June 2025
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Okonkwo made a huge impression in north Wales and his move was made permanent last summer on a free transfer.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Last year in May, heavy rains caused a huge billboard to collapse, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens more.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
27 May 2025
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Sinha’s strategic interventions have substantially scaled up businesses, powering a formidable sales pipeline by assisting the company in landing enterprise-level engagements.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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Everything points to the fact that Karolína’s exceptional talent has caught the attention of the formidable and much admired choirmaster.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
3 June 2025
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In numerous ways, the loss of Fernandes would be a gigantic blow for United.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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This gigantic bet-and-get offer is exclusively available to new DraftKings customers who use the code and register today.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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“Herculean.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herculean. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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