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Recent Examples of giantess
In the 1958 Hollywood movie, Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman, a giantess played by Allison Hayes squashed men like bugs until the town sheriff killed her.
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Jane Smiley
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Maybe her fans didn’t recognize her because the performer is a giantess and the person is merely person-size.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Eventually, a foresty mountain-scape is revealed to be Swift as a prone, green giantess, while Ice Spice is both sides now of a heavenly cloud formation.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 27 May 2023
Leppaluoi, their dad, is lazy and stays in the cave, and their mom, Gryla, is a giantess who seeks out naughty children to add to her stew.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2022
Back in the woods and trying to find a way to stop a vengeful giantess, the Baker’s Wife ends up running into Cinderella’s Prince.
—Vulture, 16 Aug. 2022
Salerno plays 30 characters from inside a small box, ranging from a drunken couple in Las Vegas to a lonely giantess, a lost pope and the entire Greek army.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2022
Jane Smiley
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Maybe her fans didn’t recognize her because the performer is a giantess and the person is merely person-size.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Eventually, a foresty mountain-scape is revealed to be Swift as a prone, green giantess, while Ice Spice is both sides now of a heavenly cloud formation.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 27 May 2023
Leppaluoi, their dad, is lazy and stays in the cave, and their mom, Gryla, is a giantess who seeks out naughty children to add to her stew.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2022
Back in the woods and trying to find a way to stop a vengeful giantess, the Baker’s Wife ends up running into Cinderella’s Prince.
—Vulture, 16 Aug. 2022
Salerno plays 30 characters from inside a small box, ranging from a drunken couple in Las Vegas to a lonely giantess, a lost pope and the entire Greek army.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for giantess
Noun
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Analysts Craig Moffett’s rating change follows a sharp rally for the tech giant.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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The online retail giant is cracking down on the practice.—
Chad Murphy,
The Enquirer,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When Moscow started blitzing Ukraine’s cities and communications towers with exploding missiles, the Western satellite colossus Intelsat swiftly mapped out strategies to keep the country from being bombed into an informational black hole.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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In the 1990s, Jerry Jones turned the Cowboys into an on-field juggernaut—winning three Super Bowls in four years—and an off-field colossus, becoming American sports’ most valuable franchise.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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After being alerted to a distressed whale in the area by anglers, an NSRI vessel was dispatched to the scene.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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With a mission to rebuild abundant and biodiverse oceans, Oceana fights to stop overfishing, habitat destruction, oil and plastic pollution, as well as the killing of threatened species like turtles, whales, and sharks, among other causes.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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During the Second Punic War, the Carthaginian general Hannibal crossed the Alps with his army and his elephants, invading Italy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Ruth — one of three African savanna elephants at the Milwaukee County Zoo — took a tumble.—
Hannah Kirby,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Big Tech Vies With Utilities For Workers Another pressure — seldom mentioned but raised by Naylor — is the impact of the cash-rich tech behemoths on the skilled job market.—
Llewellyn King,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The gift-giving season officially begins this month with the release of Criterion‘s massive Wes Anderson boxed set, a 20-disc behemoth sure to pop up on many cinephiles’ holiday wish lists this year.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In its world, resurrected mammoths roam, AI governs underground facilities, and human-animal hybrids embody both triumph and ambiguity.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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This finding raises the possibility that mammoths, as close relatives of modern elephants, might have been susceptible to similar infections.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Bringing Colter on board gives another boost to Cupertino — described as a David vs Goliath legal drama set in Silicon Valley — which is targeted for the 2026-27 season.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
6 Aug. 2025
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The show is described as a David vs. Goliath legal drama set in Silicon Valley.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The left corner of the square, meanwhile, is the head of Andromeda, who, according to legend, Perseus was saving from the leviathan Cetus (also called the Whale).—
Jesse Emspak,
Space.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Conservatives, by contrast, paint liberalism as a cultural leviathan that has trampled traditional values underfoot.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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“Giantess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giantess. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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