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Recent Examples of megalith
The legendary theater mom at the center of Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne, and Stephen Sondheim’s 1959 musical megalith always looms large, but in the current Broadway iteration, Gypsy is entirely and inarguably Rose’s show, in ways both compelling and frustrating.
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Vulture Editors, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
Given the geographical features of Britain and the forested nature of the island at the time, transporting megaliths over land would have been extremely challenging.
—Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Baalbek’s Roman remains, among the largest and best preserved in the world, are also among the most mysterious: the Temple of Jupiter sits atop three megaliths weighing around a thousand tons each.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Such megaliths are thought to have had symbolic significance in Neolithic Britain, potentially representing and even embodying ancestors.
—Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Vulture Editors, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
Given the geographical features of Britain and the forested nature of the island at the time, transporting megaliths over land would have been extremely challenging.
—Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Baalbek’s Roman remains, among the largest and best preserved in the world, are also among the most mysterious: the Temple of Jupiter sits atop three megaliths weighing around a thousand tons each.
—Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Such megaliths are thought to have had symbolic significance in Neolithic Britain, potentially representing and even embodying ancestors.
—Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for megalith
Noun
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Get started with a pallet of pewter square concrete step stones.—
Christopher Murray,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Photo : Mandarin Oriental Grand Cayman The bathrooms are finished with natural stone.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The monument, as envisioned by the foundation, will feature a nine-sided granite base etched with the names of Tarrant residents killed during the war.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2025
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It was destined to be the definitive literary monument of the Roaring ’20s, a decade of fortunes made and lost on Wall Street.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the kitchen, an appliance resembling a tombstone turned out to be a Showa toaster.—
Elif Batuman,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Most of them have tombstones in their lobbies about successful deals or IPOs.—
Dan Primack,
Axios,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Modular systems break the monolith into independent components.—
Serge Beck,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Archaeologists from the University of Exeter and Historic England didn’t expect the mysterious enclosure to predate the legendary monolith.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Their lives were modest and so were their graves, marked not with expensive granite but with wooden crosses or metal markers in the shape of traditional gravestones.—
Maria Cramer,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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Lebanon police were called to Cedar Grove Cemetery on July 16, 2022 on a report of gravestones being pushed over and separated from their bases, according to prosecutors.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Megalith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/megalith. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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