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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
The contributions to Becerra and Bonta are one signal that AI giants and their employees have taken notice, investing in state elections in addition to congressional races.
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Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026
At the top, the commodity and energy giants that have anchored the list since its 2024 debut are slowing down.
—Andrew Staples, Fortune, 16 June 2026
The tax is especially hard-hitting for US tech giants such as Amazon, Alphabet, Apple and Meta.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 16 June 2026
The Australian social media ban has been controversial, with American tech giants unsurprisingly reacting with alarm.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 June 2026
International giants — ranging from France’s Neoen to Saudi Arabia’s ACAW Power — have built more than 120 utility scale projects across the country.
—Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 15 June 2026
The deal also comes at a time of biotech dealmaking frenzy, driven by looming patent cliffs, newly buoyant public markets and pharma giants’ race to bolster their pipelines.
—Anniek Bao,elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 9 June 2026
Pulte will remain director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 9 June 2026
From Italy’s crowded volcanic fields to Indonesia’s restless peaks and Africa’s fast-moving lava giants, these are seven volcanoes that experts consider among the greatest threats on Earth today.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 June 2026
Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 17 June 2026
At the top, the commodity and energy giants that have anchored the list since its 2024 debut are slowing down.
—Andrew Staples, Fortune, 16 June 2026
The tax is especially hard-hitting for US tech giants such as Amazon, Alphabet, Apple and Meta.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 16 June 2026
The Australian social media ban has been controversial, with American tech giants unsurprisingly reacting with alarm.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 15 June 2026
International giants — ranging from France’s Neoen to Saudi Arabia’s ACAW Power — have built more than 120 utility scale projects across the country.
—Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 15 June 2026
The deal also comes at a time of biotech dealmaking frenzy, driven by looming patent cliffs, newly buoyant public markets and pharma giants’ race to bolster their pipelines.
—Anniek Bao,elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 9 June 2026
Pulte will remain director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 9 June 2026
From Italy’s crowded volcanic fields to Indonesia’s restless peaks and Africa’s fast-moving lava giants, these are seven volcanoes that experts consider among the greatest threats on Earth today.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for giants
Noun
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Entanglement and vessel strikes are the leading causes of death for the whales.—
Neal Riley,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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Why did so many whales die here?—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
Noun
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The mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs gets most of the buzz, but there was an even worse bout of mass death ages before the dinosaurs said goodbye.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
18 June 2026
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Your kids can pick out their favorite pattern—dinosaurs, flowers, rainbows, and cars are all options—and the bag can be tucked into their backpack, tote, or duffel.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
16 June 2026
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Gremlins walked the earth so Labubu monsters could run to a World Cup.—
Caoimhe O'Neill,
New York Times,
14 June 2026
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However, classist monsters online have engaged my inner Hammond and my inner ‘Rat.—
Gretchen Kalwinski,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
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Year after year, his former (although now very distant) billionaires club has reaped a growing number of members — from tech titans to celebrities.—
Wyatte Grantham-Philips,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
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American ingenuity soon swelled the millionaire class to include titans of tobacco, steel, banking, even refrigerated railcars.—
Chase Peterson-Withorn,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Noun
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According to this theory, those now-extinct megafauna—the giant ground sloths and the giant beavers, the mastodons and mammoths, and even the lions and dire wolves—were relatively quickly hunted to extinction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 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
Noun
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Memory chip behemoths and heavyweights on South Korea's Kospi Index Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix fell 5% and 2%, respectively.—
Sean Conlon,Joseph Wilkins,Tanaya Macheel,Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
7 June 2026
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The meeting between the two had come just after the Vermont senator announced a plan for the public to take a 50% ownership stake in artificial intelligence companies such as OpenAI, using their stock to create a public wealth fund that would spread the fortune generated by AI behemoths.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
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Expect to spy herds of elephants or noisy hippos wading in the river just a few feet away.—
Todd Plummer,
Robb Report,
19 June 2026
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The Dior gown that Dovima wore while posing between elephants for Richard Avedon was a Saint Laurent design.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
19 June 2026
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“Giants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giants. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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