formidable challenge

Frequency: 7.212.8 per million words

a challenge that inspires fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable

challengeADJECTIVE + NOUN

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formidable

Examples (10)

  • Overcoming the market leader presents a formidable challenge for our startup.
  • Building the transcontinental railroad was a formidable challenge in the 19th century.
  • Curing Alzheimer's disease remains a formidable challenge for modern science.
  • Learning a new language as an adult can be a formidable challenge.
  • Uniting the divided nation will be a formidable challenge for the new president.
  • The team faced several formidable challenges during the project, but ultimately succeeded.
  • Even for the most experienced mountaineer, climbing K2 presents a formidable challenge.
  • The most formidable challenge we face is not technological, but ethical.
  • Restoring the ancient cathedral to its former glory proved to be a formidable challenge.
  • The defending champions pose a formidable challenge to any team in the league.