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adjective

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Recent Examples of giant
Noun
Lockheed Martin, July 13, 2014 The aerospace giant was among the companies allegedly hacked by a Chinese businessman in a conspiracy to steal data on the F-22 and F-35 fighter aircraft and an other programs, according to Justice Department charges. Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2025 The retail giant has also been working to upgrade its conversational AI tool, which allows employees to ask questions about store layout, upcoming shifts and more. Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 27 June 2025
Adjective
The capsule returned to Earth with the help of three giant parachutes. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 29 June 2025 Inskeep: Regardless of the involvement the United States may have had up to now, there's the discussion of the United States specifically deploying a bunker-busting bomb, a giant bomb that could potentially, we're told, damage or destroy an Iranian nuclear facility at Fordo beneath a mountain. Steve Inskeep, NPR, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for giant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for giant
Noun
  • But staff say whales have been spotted in the area, with humpbacks finally making a return after a 25-year absence.
    Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2025
  • The House Natural Resources Committee has also suggested weakening the Marine Mammal Protection Act with an apparent intent to unravel protections for species like the North Atlantic right whale and the Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whale.
    Christine Peterson, Vox, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • George Shea, who still hosts the competition, helped turn the homespun event into a gigantic spectacle.
    Elise Hammond, CNN Money, 4 July 2025
  • Israel doesn’t have any heavy bombers, stealthy or otherwise, capable of carrying such gigantic bombs.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • The dinosaurs revert to instinct and viciously attack humans, thereby creating chilling suspense for audiences.
    Blake D. Morant, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • Now on to the good stuff: Thrill to big-screen dinosaurs again in 'Jurassic World Rebirth' Scarlett Johansson threw down with Thanos.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 July 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Call of Cthulhu flipped a lot of gaming conventions on their head with characters that degraded over time and scenarios that rewarded fleeing monsters instead of slaying them.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
  • While the menu will be nearly identical to the Overland Park spot — fajita omelets, banana monster waffles, breakfast tacos, etc. — the Westport spot will have more drink options.
    Jenna Thompson July 2, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • With that enormous amount of moisture serving as fuel, the winds hitting the escarpment in West Texas served as a kind of match that started the storms.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • And likewise, some Asian animals, such as the ancestors of the mammoth, came walking through and lived in the Americas for thousands of years.
    Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
  • The logo represents the city, as mammoths used to live in Utah during the last ice age.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Adjective
  • Salesforce makes its own platform sticker, and your SaaS tool gets access to the massive Salesforce ecosystem.
    Bihag Karnani, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Washington’s foreign aid cuts could lead to an additional 14 million deaths by 2030 as countries scramble to make up for the sudden, massive shortfall.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 1 July 2025

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“Giant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giant. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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