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
Except buying Madrid is impossible because the Spanish giants have never been for sale.
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Phil Hay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
For the first time, a rocket aims to surpass the past giants in power and capacity and make space travel economically sustainable.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
The shift was mirrored by several high-profile partnerships in the creator space, led by old-school TV giants including the BBC, Fremantle and Banijay Entertainment.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
The two tech giants have signed a deal to co-develop and deploy 10 gigawatts of custom artificial intelligence chips over the next four years.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Opposing the bill was TechNet, the trade association that includes such tech giants as Meta and Google.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
Most of their bulk could be in the form of rock, potentially giving them more rocky material than even Jupiter or Saturn, even though Neptune and Uranus are much smaller than those two gas giants.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Most astronomers think these scorching giants formed farther away from their star and then migrated inward.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2025
However, the strategists noted that the Magnificent 7′s aggregate value in 2025, when looking at the firms’ forward price-to-earnings ratio, is just over half of tech giants’ aggregate value in 2000.
—Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Phil Hay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
For the first time, a rocket aims to surpass the past giants in power and capacity and make space travel economically sustainable.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
The shift was mirrored by several high-profile partnerships in the creator space, led by old-school TV giants including the BBC, Fremantle and Banijay Entertainment.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
The two tech giants have signed a deal to co-develop and deploy 10 gigawatts of custom artificial intelligence chips over the next four years.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Opposing the bill was TechNet, the trade association that includes such tech giants as Meta and Google.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
Most of their bulk could be in the form of rock, potentially giving them more rocky material than even Jupiter or Saturn, even though Neptune and Uranus are much smaller than those two gas giants.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Most astronomers think these scorching giants formed farther away from their star and then migrated inward.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2025
However, the strategists noted that the Magnificent 7′s aggregate value in 2025, when looking at the firms’ forward price-to-earnings ratio, is just over half of tech giants’ aggregate value in 2000.
—Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for giants
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Driftwood tent shelters appear marooned like shipwrecks, and the beach is scattered with the bones of the giant whales.—
Chloe Berge,
AFAR Media,
15 Oct. 2025
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It was enacted the year before the Endangered Species Act, at a time when the movement to save whales from extinction was growing.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile warm-up demonstrations in Portland feature protestors in inflatable animal costumes—lots of frogs, along with unicorns, chickens, dinosaurs dancing in the streets, providing an alternative visual to the menace of masked enforcement agents.—
Nancy Gibbs,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
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But this may be the first tech revolution that doesn’t vaporize the dinosaurs, the way mobile killed Nokia and threatened Microsoft, but grafts their DNA onto something new.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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The project — which chronicles the adventures of Huntrix, a K-pop girl group comprising three members who just happen to also fight monsters from the underworld — has been a surprise hit for the streamer, and its soundtrack has spent several weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025
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As with the tikbálang, many monsters' status as threatening beings started within the confines of colonialism, Zarka pointed out.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Lamar and Clipse, however, are lyrical titans.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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In the lead-up to the clash of the NL titans, Murphy explained what makes the Dodgers such a special team, highlighting their depth at most positions and a deep lineup full of stars.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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In a study published in Cell, researchers set out to trace the microbial companions of mammoths across a staggering timeline, from over a million years ago to their final days on Wrangel Island just 4,000 years ago.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
30 Sep. 2025
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Colossal's de-extinction projects now span dodos, dire wolves, mammoths, and moas.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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Netflix’s bi-annual ‘data dumps’ are now bedecked with children’s TV shows, merchandising opportunities are greater than ever thanks to streaming and platforms like YouTube can create global behemoths at an astonishing rate.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
12 Oct. 2025
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Investment banking behemoths such as JPMorgan have not posted their third-quarter results, but JPM co-CEO of commercial and investment bank Doug Petno expects investment banking revenue to grow a low double-digit percentage .—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
8 Oct. 2025
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Published in 2014, this story features a ring with a blue-green stone shaped like an elephant, infused with the spirit of a ghost.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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According to her, the zoo takes the palatable trees removed from the preserve — dogwood, sumac, elm, mulberry, and boxelder — and feeds them to a variety of zoo animals, including gorillas, elephants, and giraffes.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Giants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/giants. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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