as in gigantic
unusually large
people seem to be buying ever more gargantuan SUVs these days
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Recent Examples of gargantuan
In the absence of those highways, traffic surges up and down gargantuan surface streets.
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2025
Waters is the best player in the world for singles, doubles and mixed doubles with a gargantuan 174 PPA titles to her name.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
That isn’t to say she’s abandoned the gargantuan set pieces and numerous chic costume changes of tours past.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
Turning base runners into runs has been the gargantuan task.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2025
Waters is the best player in the world for singles, doubles and mixed doubles with a gargantuan 174 PPA titles to her name.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
That isn’t to say she’s abandoned the gargantuan set pieces and numerous chic costume changes of tours past.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
Turning base runners into runs has been the gargantuan task.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gargantuan
Adjective
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In the spring of 2022, Russian forces trapped a large group of Ukrainians inside a gigantic steel factory called Azovstal, in southern Ukraine.—
Simon Shuster,
Time,
16 May 2025
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What all of these cases have in common is a truly gigantic deer, and then, sadly, lots of discord within the hunting community.—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Tesla sales have experienced a huge international decline, leaving room for competitors to gain momentum.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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My stockpile of research was huge in relation to that.—
Nia Shumake,
Essence,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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From the rooftop balcony, views over dune to the sea, of the enormous windmills, and across to the port reveal its unimaginable scale.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Heisman winner Ingram led a ground-and-pound offense, while McClain and enormous defensive tackle Cody — who blocked a last-second field goal to survive Lane Kiffin-led Tennessee — became the faces of a defense that allowed just 11.7 points per game.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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Since 2013, two giant sculptures of soaring eagles with 50-foot wingspans—one of which carried the wizard Gandalf on its back—have welcomed travelers to New Zealand’s Wellington International Airport.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 May 2025
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Trying to wrestle the gun away from one another, the boys take shelter behind what appears to be a giant outdoor fan.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
13 May 2025
Adjective
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The High Plains also get plenty of love from Hill Country wineries—the Panhandle does, after all, produce the vast majority of the grapes grown in the state.—
Amanda Ogle,
Travel + Leisure,
18 May 2025
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There are the vast arcs of the avenues, the great green slashes of parks and cemeteries, the jagged field of skyscrapers, steepled and spiked like iron filings pulled up toward the great magnet of the sky.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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The massive undersea volcano reaches more than 3,600 feet above the seabed is located 300 miles offshore.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Boston has constructed massive leads in each game, often to begin them.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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This sudden flash of light accompanied by a colossal burst of subatomic particles is called a solar flare.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
1 May 2025
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The scientists hope to eventually be able to capture an adult colossal squid on camera.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2025
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At the time Venice had a tremendous amount of creative freedom because no one really cared much about what went on there.—
Courtney Wittich,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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There is a tremendous difference between getting the two countries to step back from the brink of war and facilitating a permanent solution to an 80-year dispute.—
Lisa Curtis,
Foreign Affairs,
13 May 2025
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“Gargantuan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gargantuan. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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