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
On the supply side, China is a green colossus, with enough production capacity to meet its own needs — Beijing is installing solar panels at a rate equivalent to one nuclear power station every day — and sufficient left over to green the rest of the planet, too.
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Andy Browne, semafor.com, 31 Mar. 2026
But while those other acts continue to slog it out on the state fair/casino circuit, Journey has become a touring colossus that somehow seems to grow more popular with each passing year.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2026
An American colossus bent on dominating the world (in baseball).
—Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Goldman Sachs recently named several stocks the Wall Street colossus believes are a must-own as market fears rise.
—Michael Bloom, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2026
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Andy Browne, semafor.com, 31 Mar. 2026
But while those other acts continue to slog it out on the state fair/casino circuit, Journey has become a touring colossus that somehow seems to grow more popular with each passing year.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2026
An American colossus bent on dominating the world (in baseball).
—Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Goldman Sachs recently named several stocks the Wall Street colossus believes are a must-own as market fears rise.
—Michael Bloom, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colossus
Noun
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The parcel delivery giant backed its full-year guidance.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2026
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Dubbed the Flannel and the Fury, the tour brings together the alt-rock giants for the first time, with dates in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and other cities.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
28 Apr. 2026
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The proposal would establish a whale monitoring desk at the San Francisco Coast Guard station to provide real-time tracking of migrating whales, allowing fishermen to avoid high-risk areas.—
Da Lin,
CBS News,
3 May 2026
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Veterinary technicians took out their tackle boxes of medications and sedated the whale, and then the tribe prayed, drummed, and offered thanks to the whale and to the people who tried to help it.—
Robin Romm,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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Not for Gage Goncalves, who set this thing in motion with a monster goal in overtime in the Lightning’s 1-0 Game 6 victory at the Bell Centre.—
John Romano,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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The titular monsters in this anthology series tend to do well at the Emmys (Evan Peters as Jeffrey Dahmer and Cooper Koch as Erik Menendez were both nominated).—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 May 2026
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Dinosaurs is a 10-acre outdoor attraction featuring more than 40 life-sized animatronic dinosaurs, along with walking trails, live shows and interactive exhibits.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Scientists have studied giant octopus relatives that roamed when dinosaurs were around, and researched some small octopuses that drilled into clams.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Apr. 2026
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In a twist of prehistoric irony, our ancestors’ hunting skills proved too effective, leading to the extinction of mammoths around 10,000 years ago—and mammoth-bone dwellings with them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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Fossils have also been found that indicate the islands were also once home to pygmy mammoths, which only reached 4 to 6 feet tall.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Apr. 2026
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Using a wealth of archival footage, this deeply pleasurable documentary paints a dazzling portrait of Rossellini across the years leading up to his death in 1977, and is an ecstatic, cinephilic tribute to one of world cinema’s true titans.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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With recent collaborations with tech titans like NVIDIA and hardware experts like Kinova, AtkinsRéalis is building an ecosystem where the next generation of energy is managed by machines that never tire and fear nothing, even the invisible glow of a reactor core.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Colossus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colossus. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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