mammoth proportion

Frequency: 4.50.8 per million words

Used to describe a size or scale that is extremely large.

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  • The project grew to mammoth proportions, requiring more resources than initially planned.
  • Dealing with the aftermath of the natural disaster was a task of mammoth proportions.
  • The company's debt had reached mammoth proportions, threatening its existence.
  • She faced challenges of mammoth proportions in her fight for social justice.
  • The scandal quickly escalated to mammoth proportions, attracting national attention.
  • Rebuilding the city after the war was an undertaking of mammoth proportions.
  • The issue of global warming has assumed mammoth proportions in recent decades.
  • His ambition was always of mammoth proportions, aiming for impossible goals.
  • The demand for the new product reached mammoth proportions within days of its launch.
  • The legal battle took on mammoth proportions, lasting for years and costing millions.