as in giant
something that is unusually large and powerful
Leonardo da Vinci remains a colossus in the history of art
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Recent Examples of colossus
Christopher Nolan’s Trojan Horse isn’t a towering colossus looming over the coast of Troy.
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Eliana Dockterman, Time, 12 May 2026
His successor, Tim Cook, turned the company into a globe-spanning colossus of profit.
—Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 24 Apr. 2026
Ternus will take over as chief executive in September for Tim Cook, who turned Apple into a $4 trillion, tech colossus during his 15-year reign after the death of co-founder Steve Jobs.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
During his tenure, Hastings oversaw the substantial growth of the streaming colossus.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
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Eliana Dockterman, Time, 12 May 2026
His successor, Tim Cook, turned the company into a globe-spanning colossus of profit.
—Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 24 Apr. 2026
Ternus will take over as chief executive in September for Tim Cook, who turned Apple into a $4 trillion, tech colossus during his 15-year reign after the death of co-founder Steve Jobs.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
During his tenure, Hastings oversaw the substantial growth of the streaming colossus.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colossus
Noun
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The streaming giant has been contacted for comment.—
Chris McKenna,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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The contributions to Becerra and Bonta are one signal that AI giants and their employees have taken notice, investing in state elections in addition to congressional races.—
Ben Paviour,
Sacbee.com,
17 June 2026
Noun
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The Canadian Whale Institute said Friday that efforts to find the whale have been unsuccessful and the search has been hampered by bad weather.—
Neal Riley,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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Why did so many whales die here?—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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The Tribune likened the spectacle to Veeck’s version of Frankenstein’s monster.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
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With venom and shrewd determination, Nicholson paints his character as a swaggering monster who milks every syllable of his dialogue with vitriolic relish.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Noun
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Your kids can pick out their favorite pattern—dinosaurs, flowers, rainbows, and cars are all options—and the bag can be tucked into their backpack, tote, or duffel.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
16 June 2026
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According to Protect the Paluxy, the runoff would flow in to Paluxy above the dinosaur tracks.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 June 2026
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According to this theory, those now-extinct megafauna—the giant ground sloths and the giant beavers, the mastodons and mammoths, and even the lions and dire wolves—were relatively quickly hunted to extinction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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When Colossal Biosciences raises capital at a $10 billion valuation, investors are not betting on the mammoth.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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American ingenuity soon swelled the millionaire class to include titans of tobacco, steel, banking, even refrigerated railcars.—
Chase Peterson-Withorn,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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According to the tech titan, businesses of all sizes can now use Amazon’s LTL services to move freight ranging from one to six pallets, or between 150 and 15,000 pounds.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
11 June 2026
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“Colossus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colossus. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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