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
In South Africa, the continent’s economic colossus, small-scale solar now provides, by his reckoning, nearly a fifth the capacity of the national grid.
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Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 9 July 2025
Vexing because, for me, as for a lot of my writer peers, Beckett is a colossus—worthy of the highest regard.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
The episode, written by Mazin, and directed by Kate Herron, is a colossus.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 5 May 2025
The problem, though, is how ingrained the fortunes of Adani's ports-to-power colossus can seem to India Inc.'s ambitions in the world.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 9 July 2025
Vexing because, for me, as for a lot of my writer peers, Beckett is a colossus—worthy of the highest regard.
—Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
The episode, written by Mazin, and directed by Kate Herron, is a colossus.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 5 May 2025
The problem, though, is how ingrained the fortunes of Adani's ports-to-power colossus can seem to India Inc.'s ambitions in the world.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colossus
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Several royal experts claimed to Fox News Digital that the Duchess of Sussex is quietly in talks with Netflix to extend her partnership with the streaming giant.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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The health care giant UnitedHealth Group provides health insurance through its UnitedHealthcare subsidiary and also provides medical care through its unit Optum, which has been buying up physician groups.—
Sarah Volpenhein,
jsonline.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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By January, expect lots of penguin chicks before predators and whales become prominent for the last two months as the snow and ice begins to soften and melt.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
2 Aug. 2025
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Between eclipse viewing, explore this pristine wilderness through Zodiac excursions with expert naturalist guides, kayak among icebergs, and cruise alongside towering glaciers while searching for polar bears, Arctic foxes, Svalbard reindeer, whales and countless seabirds.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Second-year defensive tackle Isaiah Iton enjoyed an up-and-down day, jumping offsides during individual and team drills, notching a run stuff and monster win in 1-on-1 pass rush.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
7 Aug. 2025
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The luxury, 387-room hotel, located in Tokyo's Roppongi Hills complex, is collaborating with the Nintendo, the parent company of Pokémon, to give its fans the ultimate respite this summer: a few nights surrounded by their favorite pocket monsters.—
Jalyn Robinson,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Aug. 2025
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The free, family-friendly event will turn the park into a prehistoric playground, complete with life-sized dinosaurs, a live volcano and a variety of interactive attractions and performances, a city news release said.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
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The exhibition in central Bangkok features life-size dinosaurs and other interactive elements.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
29 July 2025
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These static, profile views often depict male and female elk, sometimes with calves, and occasionally alongside other Ice Age fauna such as mammoths, woolly rhinos, and ostriches.—
Margherita Bassi,
Popular Science,
24 July 2025
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This was an important clue to a developing theory that grazing megafauna—such as the extinct mammoths and mastodons that once roamed the southern Appalachians—may have played a role.—
Mike Bezemek,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 July 2025
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Both of them are characterized by industrial titans who are kind of swinging the state around by its tail.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
4 Aug. 2025
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While fellow tech titans are racing to put AI front and center, Apple’s WWDC presentation was notable for its near silence on the subject.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
30 July 2025
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“Colossus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colossus. Accessed 14 Aug. 2025.
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