as in gigantic
unusually large
people seem to be buying ever more gargantuan SUVs these days
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Recent Examples of gargantuan
What is interesting is not how gargantuan the world’s debt load has become, but how few people care.
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Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Helene decimated that bridge, sweeping it downriver in gargantuan slabs that are still stuck there like roadblocks.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 20 June 2025
When Naylor launched a long ball off Gerrit Cole in the 2022 ALDS and rocked a theoretical baby while rounding the bases, Straw met him in the dugout with a gargantuan grin.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 18 June 2025
The 21-year-old Locomotion rail museum is also hosting events, including in the New Hall which expands what was already a gargantuan display of historic rail vehicles into the largest and most awe-inspiring such collection in Europe.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Helene decimated that bridge, sweeping it downriver in gargantuan slabs that are still stuck there like roadblocks.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 20 June 2025
When Naylor launched a long ball off Gerrit Cole in the 2022 ALDS and rocked a theoretical baby while rounding the bases, Straw met him in the dugout with a gargantuan grin.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 18 June 2025
The 21-year-old Locomotion rail museum is also hosting events, including in the New Hall which expands what was already a gargantuan display of historic rail vehicles into the largest and most awe-inspiring such collection in Europe.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gargantuan
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George Shea, who still hosts the competition, helped turn the homespun event into a gigantic spectacle.—
Elise Hammond,
CNN Money,
4 July 2025
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Israel doesn’t have any heavy bombers, stealthy or otherwise, capable of carrying such gigantic bombs.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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These benefits from huge Green Pine-series radars for early warning and to help cue fire control sensors towards incoming threats.—
Sebastien Roblin,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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But this scraping has sparked a huge backlash from publishers, artists and writers, who complain that it has been done without any consent or compensation.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
1 July 2025
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And for what? To cover only a fraction of the enormous cost of the bill, which will add more than $3 trillion to the federal debt by 2034.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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The amount of water that fell rapidly on Friday is estimated around 100 billion gallons, an enormous volume that almost doubles the daily flow over Niagara Falls, according to KSAT.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
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The French American artist, who died in 2010, is best known for her giant sculptures of spiders, including a 20-foot-high bronze creation that sold for $32.8 million in 2023, setting a record-high price for a work by a female artist.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
30 June 2025
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The bottom line is that this legislation acts as a giant wealth transfer from the poor to the rich and the young to the old.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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The vast majority of fans in attendance were sporting orange and black.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
5 July 2025
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And the company behind the bet was Google, which had acquired legacy phone maker Motorola Mobility and was leveraging its modern tech prowess and vast resources to make the Moto X smartphone a success.—
Verne Kopytoff,
Fortune,
5 July 2025
Adjective
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Salesforce makes its own platform sticker, and your SaaS tool gets access to the massive Salesforce ecosystem.—
Bihag Karnani,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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In October 2022, BTS performed a massive free concert, titled Yet to Come, in Busan, South Korea.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
1 July 2025
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It’s believed that the 26-year-old will earn a yearly salary of around $23m, a colossal figure considering his wages in Bergamo amounted to $3.1m per-season.—
Emmet Gates,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Swansea, who finished a colossal 86 places above Wrexham as recently as 2019-20, will be their divisional peers next time around — the first time the clubs have been in the same division since 2003.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
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While there has been a tremendous amount of misinformation—and in some cases, outright lies—about my bill, many people brought forward sincere concerns.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Kling, who grew up in Kansas and turns 68 in October, has overseen a period of tremendous growth for the city.—
Nick Rosenberger,
Idaho Statesman,
30 June 2025
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“Gargantuan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gargantuan. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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