as in magnitude
the quality or state of being very large
the immensity of the mountain was awe-inspiring, especially up close
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Recent Examples of immensity
Horizons suggest the unencumbered immensity of the Midwest.
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Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
The sheer immensity of the tent city is jaw-dropping, a hinterland oblivion of yurts and RVs, all stretching into the distance as far as the eye can see.
—Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The primitive black hole, however, doesn’t currently possess a voracious appetite to match its immensity.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
As bombs fell in the first months of the Blitz, an Australian sat in his London apartment drinking Calvados, reading accounts of early expeditions into his homeland, and likely experiencing for the first time an immensity of emptiness and a longing for the land of his childhood.
—Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 4 Dec. 2024
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Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
The sheer immensity of the tent city is jaw-dropping, a hinterland oblivion of yurts and RVs, all stretching into the distance as far as the eye can see.
—Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The primitive black hole, however, doesn’t currently possess a voracious appetite to match its immensity.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
As bombs fell in the first months of the Blitz, an Australian sat in his London apartment drinking Calvados, reading accounts of early expeditions into his homeland, and likely experiencing for the first time an immensity of emptiness and a longing for the land of his childhood.
—Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immensity
Noun
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Adjusting for dividends increases the magnitude of overnight appreciation.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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Earlier this month, Volkswagen warned that first-quarter operating profit would likely come in at 2.8 billion euros, citing special effects in the magnitude of 1.1 billion euros.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
30 Apr. 2025
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Or the enormity of billions of galaxies filled with billions of solar systems with planets like ours?—
Marsha Sutton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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In terms of challenges regarding sustainability, one of the biggest has been breaking down the enormity of the task at hand to be more socially and environmentally aware.—
Christopher Marquis,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Immensity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immensity. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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