as in whale
something that is unusually large and powerful
the Great Pyramids of Egypt are giants among the world's architectural wonders
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as in gigantic
unusually large
the giant sycamore tree that dwarfs our house is almost 250 years old
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Recent Examples of giant
Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 21 Apr. 2026
In March 2019, Apple CEO Tim Cook took the stage at the Steve Jobs Theater, located on the tech giant’s sprawling spaceship-like campus in Cupertino, California, and propelled Apple firmly into the entertainment business.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2026
Not in terms of the scale of its sets—we’ll leave that to the giant staircase in The Queen of Versailles, or whatever is going on with the flying vampires of The Lost Boys—but in terms of the most tropes crammed into one two-act stretch.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The group, which includes the Edwards family and insurance giant Nationwide, has agreed to pay a record $205 million expansion fee, said the people, who were granted anonymity because the details are private.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 21 Apr. 2026
In March 2019, Apple CEO Tim Cook took the stage at the Steve Jobs Theater, located on the tech giant’s sprawling spaceship-like campus in Cupertino, California, and propelled Apple firmly into the entertainment business.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
The fleshy glob, which resembled a hatched egg, has been linked to a giant deep-sea anemone with tentacles that reach seven feet in length.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2026
Not in terms of the scale of its sets—we’ll leave that to the giant staircase in The Queen of Versailles, or whatever is going on with the flying vampires of The Lost Boys—but in terms of the most tropes crammed into one two-act stretch.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for giant
Noun
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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
Adjective
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Those institutions are largely unconcerned with the small- and medium-sized enterprises that Fasanara has become so accustomed to financing and would much rather continue to focus on large, mainstream corporate clients, where the returns are gigantic.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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The wide-plank floors and exposed rafters preserve some of the 1800s charm, along with gigantic fireplaces in the living room and the kitchen.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
16 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
Adjective
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Deportees who aren't imprisoned face challenges Even those who are not immediately jailed face huge challenges, including economic ones, upon their return to their home country.—
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán,
NPR,
17 Apr. 2026
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Anderson said that experience was a huge help in preparing him for his eventual MLB promotion.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
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
Adjective
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The cameras in the operations centers mostly have high-definition signals displayed on the big monitors, but the size of the files for those signals is enormous and a big burden if CDOT kept the visuals.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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While still in its infancy, quantum technology harnesses subatomic particles to make potentially enormous advances in a wide range of computing applications.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
16 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
Adjective
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Being in the band for 10 years, that’s nearly a third of my life, and the vast majority of my creative life.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
11 Apr. 2026
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All in a place where people are living atop vast deposits of coal, oil, and gas.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Giant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giant. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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