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
Snow White is, for better and (mostly) worse, a product of a corporation that has for years been lumbering after its idea of the Zeitgeist with all the agility of an aging colossus.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
The spotlight shines so brightly now because, while escaping so many legal entanglements that might have upended his career, Mr. Combs became a hit-minting, zeitgeist-dominating colossus.
—Ben Sisario, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Trump’s tariffs strike at the heart of China’s manufacturing colossus—a network of factories and assembly lines that produce pretty much everything, from toys and clothes to solar panels and plastic bowls.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
Eight years ago, the Park Avenue colossus abruptly closed for renovations.
—Ben Ryder Howe, airmail.news, 15 Mar. 2025
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
The spotlight shines so brightly now because, while escaping so many legal entanglements that might have upended his career, Mr. Combs became a hit-minting, zeitgeist-dominating colossus.
—Ben Sisario, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Trump’s tariffs strike at the heart of China’s manufacturing colossus—a network of factories and assembly lines that produce pretty much everything, from toys and clothes to solar panels and plastic bowls.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
Eight years ago, the Park Avenue colossus abruptly closed for renovations.
—Ben Ryder Howe, airmail.news, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colossus
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Photo by Ian Maule/Getty Images Mexico has gone without loss thus far in the 2025 Gold Cup, though things have been far from perfect for the CONCACAF giants, as Mexico narrowly defeated the Dominican Republic 3-2 in its Gold Cup opener.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 June 2025
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In a major shakeup of the European television market, German broadcast giant RTL Group has signed a deal to acquire pay-TV group Sky Deutschland from Comcast.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
27 June 2025
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But staff say whales have been spotted in the area, with humpbacks finally making a return after a 25-year absence.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
28 June 2025
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The House Natural Resources Committee has also suggested weakening the Marine Mammal Protection Act with an apparent intent to unravel protections for species like the North Atlantic right whale and the Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whale.—
Christine Peterson,
Vox,
27 June 2025
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Call of Cthulhu flipped a lot of gaming conventions on their head with characters that degraded over time and scenarios that rewarded fleeing monsters instead of slaying them.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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Complaining on NextDoor about traffic, some locals fled downtown Austin like a movie monster was stomping behind them.—
Ramon Ramirez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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The dinosaurs revert to instinct and viciously attack humans, thereby creating chilling suspense for audiences.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Now on to the good stuff: Thrill to big-screen dinosaurs again in 'Jurassic World Rebirth' Scarlett Johansson threw down with Thanos.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
5 July 2025
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And likewise, some Asian animals, such as the ancestors of the mammoth, came walking through and lived in the Americas for thousands of years.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2025
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The logo represents the city, as mammoths used to live in Utah during the last ice age.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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While Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola are both titans of filmmaking, especially helping to start the modern Golden Age of Hollywood, Sofia Coppola ushered in the 21st century of women auteurs.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
26 June 2025
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Young, hip crowds take selfies while corporate titans look to ink deals.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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“Colossus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colossus. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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