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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
Lawmakers were pushing a measure, similar to those enacted in Australia and Canada, that would have forced tech giants to pay online publishers for the ransacking, er, use, of their journalistic content.
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Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
China’s tech sector—including giants like Alibaba and Kuaishou, and small startups like DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax—is locked in a race to lead the way in AI.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
While the three social giants are named as co-defendants, the judge could rule separately for each of them, handing down different penalties if found liable.
—Stephen Desaulniers,jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
And finally, in late October, when plans for another bilateral summit were shelved (again because the Kremlin seemed unwilling to compromise), the White House slapped sanctions on Russia’s biggest oil giants, Lukoil and Rosneft – a step even the Biden administration had balked at.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
TikTok is moving to settle a lawsuit with a woman who alleged that the company and other social media giants designed their platforms to addict young users, the first such case to go to trial.
—Madlin Mekelburg, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
Depending on the outcome, tech giants could be forced to overhaul their platforms, CBS News Philadelphia reported.
—CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Along with digital and social giants Meta and YouTube, media companies like Disney are also making vertical video a component of their overall strategies.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
Most of its neoclouds rivals (and tech giants like Meta) have loaded up on debt to fund purchases of new datacenters and AI chips.
—Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
China’s tech sector—including giants like Alibaba and Kuaishou, and small startups like DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax—is locked in a race to lead the way in AI.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
While the three social giants are named as co-defendants, the judge could rule separately for each of them, handing down different penalties if found liable.
—Stephen Desaulniers,jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
And finally, in late October, when plans for another bilateral summit were shelved (again because the Kremlin seemed unwilling to compromise), the White House slapped sanctions on Russia’s biggest oil giants, Lukoil and Rosneft – a step even the Biden administration had balked at.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
TikTok is moving to settle a lawsuit with a woman who alleged that the company and other social media giants designed their platforms to addict young users, the first such case to go to trial.
—Madlin Mekelburg, Bloomberg, 27 Jan. 2026
Depending on the outcome, tech giants could be forced to overhaul their platforms, CBS News Philadelphia reported.
—CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
Along with digital and social giants Meta and YouTube, media companies like Disney are also making vertical video a component of their overall strategies.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
Most of its neoclouds rivals (and tech giants like Meta) have loaded up on debt to fund purchases of new datacenters and AI chips.
—Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for giants
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But for the population, which stands at 384 whales, to rebound from its substantial losses in the past decade, many more calves will need to be born.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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The fewer than 100 Rice’s whales remaining live across the Gulf but are most common off Florida, and the opinion estimated that drilling will kill nine Rice’s whales through vessel strikes and seriously injure three more over the next 45 years.—
Christian Wagley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Jan. 2026
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Chris Pratt is known for having action-forward roles in movies – wrestling supervillains, fighting video-game baddies, befriending dinosaurs, occasionally playing baseball, that sort of thing.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026
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Conifers have grown on Earth for at least 150 million years, when dinosaurs roamed the land.—
Sheryl DeVore,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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But beneath his plush exterior and upbeat messaging, Buddy is an insatiably needy, controlling narcissist requiring constant affirmations of the children’s love and filling their heads with terror of the monsters lurking in the outside world beyond the park in which the show takes place.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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And the monsters are truly terrifying.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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Steve Jobs, despite his reputation as an intense competitor, maintained close ties with fellow tech titans, including people whose companies were directly competing with Apple.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Many gatherings, like Billboard’s Power 100 Party, Clive Davis’s Pre-Grammy Gala, and the Resonator Awards, will recognize industry titans who have and continue to shape music today.—
Jaeden Pinder,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2026
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Savvy ancestors As mammoths and elephants were rare in prehistoric England, the discovery highlights the advanced cognitive skills of early humans.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Jan. 2026
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Using chemical clues from Neanderthal bones, researchers have placed the species at the top of the food chain, alongside apex predators like lions – feasting on big animals such as mammoths or bison.—
Jay Kakade
December 31,
New Atlas,
31 Dec. 2025
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Combating these behemoths requires millions of actions small and large.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Among the dozens of companies are auto behemoths, tech giants and self-driving startups — Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, Zoox, Apollo and Qualcomm.—
Noelle Harff,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026
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Coral planting in Costa Rica, women’s empowerment projects in Morocco, artisan preservation in Japan and Sweden, and elephant sanctuaries in Botswana are embedded into itineraries.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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The Rigid colorway has indigo denim panels throughout the upper, complemented by black-on-black elephant print.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Giants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giants. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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