as in whales
something that is unusually large and powerful
the Great Pyramids of Egypt are giants among the world's architectural wonders
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Recent Examples of giants
Within weeks of being sworn in to helm the FHFA, which oversees the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Pulte shattered norms by quickly jettisoning executives and policies.
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Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 2 June 2026
The timing of the rule changes is auspicious for the tech giants.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 June 2026
The exhibitors are a broad mix of familiar consumer tech giants, startups, cloud computing entities, semiconductor firms, OEMs, and component and system makers.
—John Burek, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
When George Lucas started pitching the merchandising rights for the movie, the management at Mattel (the toy giants then best known as the home of Barbie and Hot Wheels cars) decided to pass on the opportunity to make action figures.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 1 June 2026
The crisis is that while governments physically sit on the hardware, foreign powers or outside tech giants increasingly control the software.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Tech giants Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta are spending hundreds of billions of dollars on AI data centers, chips, and cloud capacity.
—Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 1 June 2026
Born on May 26, 1926 in Alton, Illinois, Davis would play with jazz giants such as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Charles Mingus – before eclipsing them all to become the genre's biggest star.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 26 May 2026
The union also won the right to negotiate driver contracts with rideshare giants Uber and Lyft.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 26 May 2026
Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 2 June 2026
The timing of the rule changes is auspicious for the tech giants.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 June 2026
The exhibitors are a broad mix of familiar consumer tech giants, startups, cloud computing entities, semiconductor firms, OEMs, and component and system makers.
—John Burek, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
When George Lucas started pitching the merchandising rights for the movie, the management at Mattel (the toy giants then best known as the home of Barbie and Hot Wheels cars) decided to pass on the opportunity to make action figures.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 1 June 2026
The crisis is that while governments physically sit on the hardware, foreign powers or outside tech giants increasingly control the software.
—Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Tech giants Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta are spending hundreds of billions of dollars on AI data centers, chips, and cloud capacity.
—Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 1 June 2026
Born on May 26, 1926 in Alton, Illinois, Davis would play with jazz giants such as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Charles Mingus – before eclipsing them all to become the genre's biggest star.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 26 May 2026
The union also won the right to negotiate driver contracts with rideshare giants Uber and Lyft.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for giants
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Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network is a nonprofit focused on protecting marine mammals, including dolphins, whales and seals in South Carolina waters.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
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There are whales and cacti; birds and deep-sea fish, or fruit and flowers bursting from the same stalk.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
27 May 2026
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Some are composites assembled from multiple dinosaurs or replica bones to create the illusion of a more complete skeleton.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
28 May 2026
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Kank australis belongs to the unenlagiids, a family of small-to-medium theropod dinosaurs discovered across Late Cretaceous deposits in South America, Antarctica, Australia, and Madagascar.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
28 May 2026
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Some fans believe that the Backrooms is best left empty, viewing monsters as a cheap distraction from the existential horror of an infinite office space.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Yet, the slender fangjaw proves that the creatures that look like monsters might actually hold the blueprints for our future.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
26 May 2026
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In another era, Pratt would have been a welcome edition to the roster of bombastic Southern California preachers a la Aimee Semple McPherson, Chuck Smith and Gene Scott, as well as radio titans such as George Putnam and John Kobylt.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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The plaintiff investors are not Wall Street titans.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
30 May 2026
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The artificial egg tech is the latest addition to Colossal's list of de-extinction projects, which now span dodo birds, dire wolves, and mammoths.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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In a twist of prehistoric irony, our ancestors’ hunting skills proved too effective, leading to the extinction of mammoths around 10,000 years ago—and mammoth-bone dwellings with them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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The last company to enter the expanding club of behemoths was Micron Technology, which is likewise riding the AI wave.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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The last company to enter the expanding club of behemoths was Micron Technology, which is likewise riding the AI wave.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 June 2026
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In 2022, the New York State Court of Appeals ruled 5–2 that elephants have no constitutional rights and that Happy should not be released pursuant to habeas corpus, per the NYT.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
28 May 2026
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There is an old joke involving the use of a pea shooter or pea gun to try to take down an elephant.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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“Giants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giants. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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