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
Goldman Sachs recently named several stocks the Wall Street colossus believes are a must-own as market fears rise.
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Michael Bloom, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2026
The deal, which forms a Hollywood colossus and remakes the media landscape, awaits regulatory approval.
—Jake Coyle, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
The deal, which forms a Hollywood colossus and remakes the media landscape, awaits regulatory approval.
—Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
The past master of the universe is an economic colossus but, strategically, its civilization is an also-ran.
—Josef Joffe, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026
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Michael Bloom, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2026
The deal, which forms a Hollywood colossus and remakes the media landscape, awaits regulatory approval.
—Jake Coyle, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
The deal, which forms a Hollywood colossus and remakes the media landscape, awaits regulatory approval.
—Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2026
The past master of the universe is an economic colossus but, strategically, its civilization is an also-ran.
—Josef Joffe, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colossus
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Take the case of Korean steel giant POSCO, which announced a $12 billion investment in India almost two decades ago.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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And that’s worked to Apple’s advantage as investors have shopped for an alternative to volatile tech giants scrambling to outspend one another on data centers and circular financing deals.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
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Our days were spent beach combing on semi-secret islands with up-close views of whales, porpoises, and eagles.—
Allison Tibaldi,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2026
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Since 2015, there have been delays in all but one commercial Dungeness season in the Bay Area, mostly because of whale entanglements.—
Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The wereboar growled next to Black Pudding, a hulking vicious monster, both focused on ripping Puck and Cordelia to shreds.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Daniel Bernhardt is Deathstalker, a legendary swordsman stuck with a cursed amulet who befriends swamp monsters and teams with a mini wizard (voiced by Patton Oswalt) to stop a dark magic from ruling the land.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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My father-in-law traveled with us, and my kids enjoyed the day with their grandpa digging for dinosaur bones and learning about electricity and the solar system.—
Linnea Bailey,
Southern Living,
18 Apr. 2026
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Small plastic children’s toys lined at the top of the car — dinosaurs and dump trucks and sharks — creating their own shrunken skyline in front of the Vertigo, signaling that young kids likely lived there.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 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.—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Surviving Earth explores the world 450M years ago featuring giant sea scorpions, mammoths and sabertooths.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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Before the film began, Cucinelli stood on stage and addressed a black-tie audience packed with media titans celebrity admirers, many of whom were wearing his clothes, the couture equivalent of wearing a rock band’s T-shirt to the concert.—
Julian Sancton,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
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Domingo, who introduced and interviewed Spielberg, announced that film titan won the Motion Picture Association's' America 250 award.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Colossus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colossus. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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