titan

noun ti·tan \ ˈtī-tᵊn \

Updated on: 21 Apr 2018

1 capitalized : any of a family of giants in Greek mythology born of Uranus and Gaea and ruling the earth until overthrown by the Olympian gods

2 : one that is gigantic in size or power : one that stands out for greatness of achievement

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Sorrell is a titan of British business who was named the world's second-best performing CEO in 2017 by the Harvard Business Review.

— danica kirka, chicagotribune.com, "Martin Sorrell steps down as CEO of advertising giant WPP," 16 Apr. 2018
The streaming titan is paying out gobs of money for talent and content, persuading consumers to cut the cord and forcing big media companies to rethink their decades-long strategies.

— lara o’reilly, WSJ, "CMO Today: Martin Sorrell Resigns; Starbucks Apologizes For Customers’ Arrest; Comcast and Netflix Tie-Up," 16 Apr. 2018
Sorrell is a titan of British business who was named the world’s second-best performing CEO in 2017 by the Harvard Business Review.

— Washington Post, "Martin Sorrell steps down as CEO of advertising giant WPP," 15 Apr. 2018
Graham and Limón were already titans of the modern dance world.

— marina harss, New York Times, "Lar Lubovitch: Confessions of a Former Go-Go Dancer," 13 Apr. 2018
The aerospace titan doesn’t plan to launch cars into the heavens anytime soon, Muilenburg said at a Politico Space Forum.

— Time, "Boeing CEO Says He's Considering Launching a Rocket to Bring Back Rival Elon Musk's Tesla," 12 Apr. 2018
Stephen Hawking, the titan of cosmology who passed away March 13 at the age of 76, made his name hypothesizing about the past—all of it.

— david meyer, Fortune, "What the Late Stephen Hawking, Who Studied the Universe's Past, Said About Our Future," 13 Mar. 2018
In the 1950s, Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley warred with Robert Moses, the titan of New York urban development.

— andy mccullough, latimes.com, "Bernie Sanders visits Dodgers, hangs with Yasiel Puig, decries departure from Brooklyn," 11 Mar. 2018
According to the New York Times’ multiple sources, the former titan of Tinseltown has instead been dabbling in a variety of outpatient classes while tending to his increasingly complicated legal defense.

— refinery29.com, "Harvey Weinstein Is Reportedly Shopping A Documentary About Himself," 10 Mar. 2018

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Titan : one of a family of giants in Greek mythology
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